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A GUIDE TO THE WILD FLOWERS 



87. Bellwort. Uvularia perfoliata. Stem usually branched 

 about the middle, 7-18 in. tall. Leaves oval or oblong, 

 strongly stem-clasping, 2-4 in. long, often smaller at flower- 

 ing time, acute at the tip. Flower solitary, yellowish 

 green, usually drooping. Petals about i in. long. Pod 

 3-angled, slightly less than ^ in. long. May. Quebec and 

 Ontario to Florida and Mississippi, mostly in woods. Fig. 



88. Bellwort. Uvularia grandi flora. Similar to the pre- 

 ceding, but with larger, lemon-yellow flowers and with leaves 

 that are hairy beneath. May. Rich woods. Quebec and On- 

 tario to Georgia, and westward. Rare near the coast. 



89. Bellwort. Uvularia scssilifolia. (Oakcsia sessilifolia.) 

 Usually not over i ft. high. Leaves oblong or oblong-lanceo- 

 late, i-2y2 in. long, narrowed at each end. Flower solitary, 

 terminal, but sometimes appearing not so, because of over- 

 topping of adjacent foliage. Flower greenish-yellow, about 

 I in. long. Pod sharply 3-angled, about i in. long. May. In 

 various situations. New Brunswick to Georgia, and west- 

 ward. Fig. 89. 



90. Disporiim lanuginosum. No common name. Stem densely 

 hairy, 1-23/2 ft. high. Leaves inequilateral, oval or lance- 

 shaped, pointed at the tip, rounded at the base, 2-4 in. long. 

 Flowers greenish, terminal, solitary, or more often 2 (rarely 

 3), together, the petals partly united at the base. Fruit a red 

 pulpy berry about 3/2 in. in diameter. May. Woods. Ontario 

 and western New York to Georgia and Tenn., mostly in 

 the mountains. Fig. 90. 



