Order 149.— THE MELANTHfe. 



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6. CLINTO'NIA. Clintonia. 



1 O. borea'lis. Northern C. Leaves broad, oval- 



lanceolate. Flowers white, 2-5, nodding in 

 the erect, bractless umbel. Common in woods. 

 N. 



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



lanceolate. Flowers spotted, 12-30 in the co- 

 rymb, erect or spread. Plant downy. Woods. 

 M.S. 



r. UVULARIA. Bellwort. 



Perianth G-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. /^;l^\ V ft 

 Pod (or berry) 3-celled, cells few-seeded. — ^i^^C\HM 

 Eoot-stock creeping. Stem leafy and usually 

 branched. Flowers mostly solitary, straw- 

 yellow, pendulous. May. 



1 Leaves perfoliate (§ 220). Pod obovate, 3- 



lobed at end 3 



1 Leaves sessile. Sepals cream-colored, ob- 



tiisish, 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. Doivny B. Leaves fine-downy, shining green both sides. J'od 

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

 3 XJ. grandiflo'ra. Great-flowered B. Sepals smooth within and without, \\' 



long. Anthers obtuse. Stem If. high. 

 8 U. perfolia'ta. Mealy B. Sepals granular-roughish withm, scarce 1' long. 

 Anthers pointed. Stem If. high. 



Fig. 663. Clintonia borcalis. 

 Fig. 664. A berry cut across to 

 show the 2 ceils. 



Order CXLIX. MELANTIIACE.E. The Melanths. 



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

 27erianth double, of six similar pieces, green or colored alike, persistent; 

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

 ovary 3-celled, the styles usually distinct, a cai)sule in fruit, 



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