LILY FAMILY. Liliaceae. 



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 



y*"''7 as if perforated bv it. The delicately fra- 



riay-June ^ ^ " , , . . ^ 



grant flower-cup, granular-rough inside, 



is attenuated but lilylike, 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 oif 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 flne-white- 



diflora hairy beneath ; the large pale, corn yellow 



a e corn flower, inclining to green, at the summit, 



April-June ^^ f^l^J li 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 



olkesiasessiU- genus, but with marked differences. Stem 

 folia angled. The deep green leaves, fine-hairy 



Corn or cream beneath. Conspicuously three - grooved, 

 yellow sharp-pointed, and stemless, or slightly 



clasping. The six divisions of the flower 

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

 more huffish 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 



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