Order 149.— THE MELANTH8. 



6. CLINTO'NIA. Clintonia. 



1 0. borea'lis. Northern G. Leaves broad, oval- 



lanceolate. Flowers white, 2-5, nodding in 

 the erect, bractless umbel. Common in woods. 

 N. 



2 O. multiflo'ra. Mayiy-flowered G. Leaves oblong- 



lanceolate. Flowers spotted, 12-80 in the co- 

 rymb, erect or spread. Plant downy. Woods. 

 M. S. 



T. UVULARIA. BeUwort 

 Perianth 6-parted. Sepals linear-spatulate 

 or lanceolate, with a honey-cavity at the 

 base of each. Filaments very short, anthers 

 half as long as the sepals. Style 3-cleft. 

 Pod (or berry) S-celled, cells few-seeded. — 

 Pwoot-stock creeping. Stem leafy and usually 

 branched. Flowers mostly solitary, straw- 

 yellow, pendulous. May. 



1 Leaves perfoliate (§ 220). Pod obovate, 8- 



lobed at end... .3 

 1 Leaves sessile. Sepals cream-colored, ob- 



tiisisli, ovate, 3-angled 2 



2 U. sessilifo'lia. Wild Oats. Leaves glabrous, glaucous beneath. Pod raised on 



a little stalk. Stem 6-10' high, divided, c. 

 2 U. puber'ula. Downy B. Leaves fine-downy, shining green both sides. Pod 

 sessile. Stem 8-12' high. Mountains. S. 

 3 U. grandiflo'ra. Great-floivered B. Sepals smooth within and without, W 



long. Anthers obtuse. Stem If. high. 

 8 U. perfolia'ta. Mealy B. Sepals granular-roughish within, scarce V long. 

 Anthers pointed. Stem If. high. 



Fig. 663. Clintonia borealis. 

 Fig. 664. A berry cut across to 

 show the 2 cells. 



Order CXLIX. MELANTHACEJE. The Melanths. 



Serbs perennial, often poisonous, with parallel- veined leaves ; 

 perianth double, of six similar pieces, green or colored alike, persistent; 

 stamens 6, with their anthers turned outwards (extrorse) ; 

 ovari/ 3-celled, the styles usually distinct, a capsule in fruit. 



