HARPER'S GUIDE TO WILD FLOWERS 



Bellwort 



Uvularta perfoliate — (Name from uvula, meaning palate, from 

 the position of the flower under the leaves) . Family, Lily. Color, 

 pale or dull yellow. Stems, from 8 to 20 inches high, slender, 

 springing from a perennial rootstock. The ascending branch 

 divides, bearing a drooping, solitary, bell - shaped flower which 

 hangs from a long (i-inch) peduncle, at first terminal, but be- 

 coming lateral as the branch grows beyond it. Divisions of 

 perianth, 6, long, narrow, spreading at the top, roughish within. 

 Stamens, 6. Ovary, 3-lobed. Leaves, oblong or oval, pointed at 

 apex, roundish at the base, through which the stem passes. May 

 and June. 



Rich, moist woods from Massachusetts southward. Found 

 3,500 feet high in mountains of Virginia. A pretty flower of 

 the spring. 



Large-flowered Bellwort 



U. grandiflbra. — Color, yellow. A larger species than the last, 

 the bell-shaped flower being from one to one and a half inches long. 

 Stem, forking, with 1 or 2 leaves below the fork. Leaves, narrower 

 than the last, but like them perfoliate, the stem passing through 

 them, oblong, oval, or egg-shaped, pointed. April to June. 



In moist, rich woods over a wide range in the Atlantic 

 States. 



Mountain Bellwort 



Oakesia puberula Family, Lily. This and the next species 



may be separated from the Uvularias by the leaves, which are 

 sessile but not perfoliate. Flower, single, about 1 inch long, 

 from a slender peduncle, the perianth divided into 6 segments, 

 spreading above. The stem forks, is rather stout, and slightly 

 hairy and rough. Leaves rounded at base, pointed at apex. May 

 and June. 



In mountainous woods, Virginia to South Carolina. 



0. sessilifblia. — This species rarely bears true leaves below the 

 fork in the stem, but one or two reduced to scales. Leaves, lance- 

 shaped, acute at both ends. Flowers, like the last. May and 

 June. 



Common from New England to Georgia. 



Day Lily 

 Hem.eroci.Uis ful<va. — Family, Lily. Color, deep yellow. Leaves, 

 long, linear, tapering to a point. The flower scape, generally 

 longer than the leaves, 3 to 6 feet high, bears several large flowers 



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