716 ORDER 148. LILIACE^E5. 



late ; segments with a nectariferous pore at the base of each ; anthers 

 longer than the filaments ; stigma very short ; berry roundish, 3-celled ; 

 seeds few, hilum with a very slender raphe. 2 St. branched. Fls. 

 axillary, solitary, generally with the peduncle distorted, or abruptly 

 bent near the middle. 



1 S. roseus MX. Smooth ; Ivs. oblong-ovate, clasping, margin serrulate-ciliate ; 

 under surface green like the upper ; pedicels short, generally distorted in the mid- 

 dle ; segments spreading at apex ; anth. short, 2-fiorned / stig. trifid. Can. to Car. 

 and Tenn. A common species, native of woods. Stem a foot or more high, 

 round, dichotomously branching. Leaves 2 4' long, \ as wide, ending in a 

 slender point, smooth, but conspicuously edged with minute, rough hairs. 

 Flowers reddish, spotted, suspended beneath the branches, one under each 

 leaf. Jn. 



2 S. amplexifoliua DC. Smooth ; Ivs. oblong-ovate, clasping, smooth and en- 

 tire on the margin, glaucous beneath ; pedicels solitary, geniculate and distorted in 

 the middle ; sep. long-acuminate, reflexed ; anth. sagittate, acute-pointed, entire ; 

 stig. truncate. Can. and Mid. States. Native of woods. Stem round, dichoto- 

 mous, 2f high. Leaves 2 to 3' long, $ as wide, very smooth. Peduncles oppo- 

 site the leaf, twisted and bent downwards each with a bell-form, drooping flower 

 gibbous at base, of a pale straw-color. Fruit oblong, red, many-seeded. Jn. (S. 

 distortus MX. Uvularia L.) 



23. PROSAR'TES, Don. (Gr. -rrpooaprdcj, to suspend ; alluding to 

 the pendulous flowers.) Perianth as in Uvularia ; stamens 6, perigy- 

 nous, included, with long, filiform filaments ; ovary 3-celled, with 2 sus- 

 pended ovules in each cell ; style elongated, trifid ; berry roundish ob- 

 long, 3 to 6-seeded. 2 St. erect, with divergent branches, scattered, 

 sessile, ovate, thin, pubescent Ivs. and drooping, terminal, greenish- 

 purple fls. 



P. lanuginosa Don. Lvs. ovate-oblong, acuminate, cordate or rounded at the 

 clasping base, pubescent beneath ; pedicels in pairs ; perianth segm. linear- 

 lanceolate; style smooth. Mts. 1ST. Y. to Car., W. to Or. St. 12 to 18' high, 

 2 or 3 times forked above. Lvs. 2 to 3' long, veined. Pedicels 6 to 8'' long, 

 downy. Fls. spreading-bell-shaped, segm. near 6" long. Berry red. May. 



24. UVULA'RIA, L. BELL-WORT. (Lat. uvula, the palate; the 

 flower depends like that organ.) Perianth connivent-campanulate, de- 

 ciduous, deeply 6-parted ; segments linear-oblong, acute, erect, with a 

 nectariferous cavity at the base of each ; filaments very short, scarcely 

 perigynous ; anthers linear, half as long as the petals ; style trifid ; 

 capsule 3-celled ; seeds few, with a very tumid raphe. Lvs. alternate, 

 Fls. solitary, terminal, becoming axillary, nodding. 



Leaves perfoliate near the base. Capsule obovoid-triangular, truncate Nos. 1, 2 



Leaves sessile or half-clasping. Capsule ovoid or oval-triangular Nos. 8, 4 



1 IT. perfoliata L. MEALY BELLWORT. Lvs. perfoliate, elliptical, subacute; 

 perianth subcampanulate, tuberculate-scabrous within, segm. acute ; antlis. cuspidate ; 

 caps, truncate. 2 Can. and U. S. A handsome, smooth plant, in woods. Stem 

 10 14' high, passing through the perfoliate leaves near their bases, and dividing 

 into 2 branches at top. Leaves 2 3' by f 1', rounded at the base, acute at 

 apex. Flower pale yellow, pendulous. Segments linear-lanceolate, !' long, 

 twisted, covered within with shining grains. Anthers f ' long. May. (U. flava 

 Smith.) 



2 U. grandiflora Smith. Lvs. perfoliate, elliptic-oblong, acute ; fl. terminal, soli- 

 tary, pendulous ; segments acuminate, smooth within and without ; anth. obtuse. 

 2J Can. and U. S. Larger than either of the foregoing. In woods. Stem 12 

 15 inches high, passing through the perfoliate leaves near their bases, dividing 

 into 2 branches at top, one of which bears the large, yellow, pendulous flower. 



