NATIVE WILD FLOWERS 



by some it is better known as the Wood Daffodil, to which 

 its yellow blossoms bear some remote resemblance. 



The flowers of the Bellwort are of a pale greenish 

 yellow; the divisions of the petal-like sepals are six, 

 pointed and slightly twisted or waved; the flowers droop 

 from slender thready pedicels terminating the branches; 

 the stem of the plant is divided into two portions, one of 

 which is generally barren of flowers. The leaves are of a 

 pale green, smooth, and in the largest species perfoliate, 

 clasping the stem. 



The root-stock or rhizome is white, with fleshy roots. The 

 Bellwort is common in rich shady woods and grassy 

 thickets and on moist alluvial soil on the banks of streams, 

 where it attains to the height of two feet. It is an elegant 

 but not very showy flower, remarkable more for its grace- 

 ful pendent straw-colored or pale yellow blossoms than for 

 its brilliancy. It belongs to a sub-order of the Lily tribe. 

 There are three species in Canada Uvularia grandiflora, 

 U. perfoliata and U. sessilifolia. 



ADDER'S-TONGUE DOG-TOOTH VIOLET ErytJironium 

 Americanum (Smith). 



(PLATE III.) 



" And spotted adder's-tongue, with drooping bell, 

 Greeting the new-born spring." 



In rich black mould on the low banks of creeks and open 

 woodlands large beds of these elegant Lilies may be seen 

 piercing the softened ground in the month of April; the 

 broad lanceolate leaves are beautifully clouded with purple 

 or reddish brown, and sometimes with milky white. Each 

 bulb of the second year's growth produces two leaves, and 

 between these rises a round naked scape (or flower stem), 



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