LILY FAMILY. Uliaceae. 



Bellwort A graceful woodland plant, smooth 



Uvularia per- throughout, with a forking stem (one to 

 foliata three leaves below the fork), the deep 



Pale corn green ovate-lance-shaped leaves appearing 



nay-June as if P erforated b 7 ^. The delicately fra- 



grant flower-cup, granular-rough inside, 

 is attenuated but lily like, with six distinct pale corn 

 yellow sepals. Flowers perfect, with six short stamens 

 and a pistil. Sepals with a deep honey -bearing groove 

 within ridged on either edge. 



Seed pod a three-parted capsule, appearing as if 

 chopped off at the end, and in this respect entirely dif- 

 ferent from that of the Oakesia following. Name from 

 uvula, palate, referring to the way the flower hangs. 

 It grows 6-18 inches high, in rich woods, from Me. to 

 the Dakotas, and south. 



This is the commoner bellwort from 

 Large-flowered 



Bellwort western New Eng., west and south. 



Uvularia gran- The deep green leaves are fine-white- 



diflora hairy beneath ; the large pale, corn yellow 



flower, inclining to green, at the summit, 



April-June * s ^^-Y H inches long, and smooth inside. 



Stem with a single leaf or none below the 

 fork. A more limited distribution, south to Ga. and west 

 to Minn. , Iowa, and S. Dak. 



Similar in some respects to the foregoing 

 Oakesia sessili- g enus > but witn marked differences. Stem 

 folia angled. The deep green leaves, fine-hairy 



Corn or cream beneath, conspicuously three - grooved, 

 5^f n Y sharp-pointed, and stemless, or slightly 



clasping. The six divisions of the flower 

 less pointed, no ridges within the flower-cup, the latter 

 more bufnsh cream-colored, but still near corn yellow. 

 The seed capsule three-sided, resembling a beech nut. The 

 one or two flowers on slender stems, at first terminating 

 the plant stem, but finally appearing opposite the leaves 

 by reason of the growth of the branches. Named for 

 William Oakes, an early botanist of New England. 



Stem 6-13 inches high. It is very common in the 

 north woods. Me., south to Ga., and west to Minn, and 



