BUNCH-FLOWER FAMILY. 







Perfoliate Bellwnrt. 



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i. Uvularia perfoliata L. 



'I'lilaria fterfoliata I,. Sj>. PI. 304. 1753. 

 Glabrous and glaucous or pale green. Stems W- 

 high, slender, forked above the middle, usually 

 1-3 leaves below the fork; leaves oval, oblong 

 ovate-lanceolate, acute at the apex, rounded ( ,r 

 ometimes narrowed at the base, smooth-margined, 

 -5' long when mature, small at flowering time; 

 owers \o"-W long, pale yellow; peduncle becom- 

 _ '-i' long in fruit; perianth-segments granu- 

 r-papillose within, sometimes but slightly 

 ens shorter than the styles or equalling them, the 

 annective sharp-tipped; capsule obovoid, truncate, 

 licker than long, 4 // ~5 // long, obtusely 3-angled, 

 ith concave sides and grooved angles, its 

 dehiscent above. 



In moist woods and thickets, Quebec and Ontario t<> 

 Florida and Mississippi. Ascends to 3500 ft. in \'ir 

 inia. Flowers fragrant. May-June. 



2. Uvularia grandiflora J. K. Smith. 

 Large-flowered Bell wort. ' I ; i>^ ,- 



I'rttlaHa grandiflora ]. }'.. Smith. K\ Jt..t i >. ft. 



.,-/. I $04-5. 



Stems rather stouter than that of the preceding 

 species, naked or with i or 2 leaves below the fork, 

 Leaves perfoliate, oblong, oval or ovate, pubescent 

 beneath, at least when young, glabrous above- 

 coming 2 '-5' long; flowers lemon-yellow, i' 

 long; perianth-segments smooth on both sides or 

 very slightly granular within; stamens exceeding 

 the styles, the connective blunt; capsule obtusely 

 3-angled, truncate, 4"-5" long, the lobes dehiscent 

 above. 



In rich woods. Oue! -icsota, south to t 



gia, Tennessee and Iowa. April ; 



3. Uvularia sessilifolia L. Sessile-leaved Bellwort. Fig. 988.) 



1'i'itlaria sessilifolia L. Sp. PI. 305. 1753. 

 Oakesia sessilifolia S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 14: 269. 

 1879. 



Glabrous, stem slender, naked or bearing i or 2 

 leaves below the fork. Leaves oblong or oblong- 

 lanceolate, 1^2'-$' l n g when mature, thin, sessile, 

 acute at each end, roughish -margined, pale or 

 glaucous beneath; flowers greenish yellow, 8"-i5" 

 long; perianth -segments smooth; styles exceeding 

 stamens; anthers blunt; peduncle %'-i f long in 

 fruit; capsule sharply 3-angled, narrowed at both 

 ends, short-stipitate, about V long, 6"-S" thick. 



In moist woods and thickets, New Brunswick and 

 Ontario to Minnesota, south to Georgia and Arkansas. 



May-June. 



Uvularia sessilifolia nitida (Britton) Morong, Mem. 



Torr. Club, 5: in. 1894. 



Oakesia sessilifolia var. (?) nitida Britton, Tran- N 

 Y. Acad. Sci. 9: 13. 1889. 



Leaves smaller, bright green on both sides: Bowel 

 light yellow; capsule scarcely stipitate. Pine barn 

 -of New Jersey. Perhaps referable to the following 

 species. 



