THE BUNCH-FLOWER FAMILY. 49 



peduncles; companulate ; with six linear-lanceolate spreading segments, pointed 

 at the apex and narrowed at the base where there are nectar bearing glands. 

 Stameus : six, included; the filaments thread-like. Leavds : alternate; oblong- 

 perfoliate; pointed at the apices; thin; pubescent on their under surfaces, at 

 least when young. Stem: erect; forked at the summit; leafy above; there being 

 occasionally one leaf, however, borne under the forks, and below which are scale- 

 like biacts. 



About the bellworts there is ever to be noticed a certain graceful bearing 

 peculiarly their own. To a great extent the Solomon's seals have the same 

 air, but much more frequently we notice that, as the larkspur, plants are 

 dignified in aspect, or that they portray other marked traits. Through 

 the rich woods when well located, the beliwort spreads very rapidly, and 

 bears abundantly although in a modest fashion its quaint pale yellow bells. 

 In cultivation the genus is very desirable, 



U. perfoUdta, perfoliate beliwort, produces pale yellow flowers which have 

 narrow segments somewhat glandular within. They are also fragrant. 

 Below the forked branches are usually from one to three oblong or broadly- 

 lanceolate leaves which clasp about the stem so closely that they appear to 

 have been pierced by it. They are a soft, pale green, covered with a 

 powdery bloom and attain at maturity to a considerable size. In woods 

 and moist thickets the plant is often common, and has a range extending 

 from Florida to New England and Quebec. It is well known by the 

 country people who find a good market for its roots. 



U. sessilifblia, sessile-leaved beliwort, as its name would imply, bears 

 leaves that are sessile. In outline they are oblong or lanceolate and pointed 

 at both ends. Underneath they have a pale, glaucous bloom. The green- 

 ish yellow flowers are rather inconspicuous. 



U. piibdrtda, mountain beliwort, grows through the mountainous woods 

 of Virginia to South Carolina ; the region where it was first discovered by 

 Michaux. Its stem is stout and rather pubescent towards the summit. 

 The bright green leaves are sessile and also pubescent along the underside 

 of the mid-vein, while the light yellow flowers have distinctly the marks of 

 the genus. 



LARGE FLOWERED ZYGADENUS. 



Zygadbi us glabcrrun us. 



FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 



Bunch-JIo7ver. White. Scentless. Florida to Virginia. July-Se/'tent/ut . 



/7(77wrj.- quite large; perfect; growing in long, terminal panicles and bracted 

 at the bases of their pedicels. Perianth : with six, oblong or lanceolate segments, 

 clawed at their bases where there are two glands. Statnetis : six. Style : \\\^\\ 

 three recurved, arched divisions. Leases: a foot or more long; linear, tapering 

 to a point at the apex and sheathing the stem at the base; glabrous, and slightly 

 glaucous. Stevi : upright ; two to four feet high ; leafy ; smooth. J^ootstock : thick. 



