ORDEK 149. THE MELANTHB. 



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6. CLINTO'NIA. Clintonia. 



1 0. borea'lis. Northern. C. Leaves* broad, oval- 



lanceolate, i.jvrers white, 2-5, nodding in 

 the erect, bractless umbel. Common in woods. 

 N. 



2 C. multiflo'ra. Hmy-flnwered C. Leaves oblong- 



lanceolate. Flowers spotted, 12-30 in the co- 

 rymb, erect or spread. Plant downy. Woods. 

 M.S. 



7. UVULARIA. Bellwort. 

 Perianth 6-parted. Sepals linear-spatulate 

 DF lanceolate, with a honey-cavity at the 

 oase of each. Filaments very short, anthers 

 half as long as the sepais. Style 3-cleft. 

 Pod (or berry) 3-celled, cells few-seeded. 

 Root-stock creeping. Stem leafy and usually 

 branched. Flowers mostly solitary, straw- 

 jcilow, pendulous. May. 



1 Leaves perfoliate ( 220). Pod obovate, 3- 



lobedat end.... 3 

 1 Leaves sessile. Sepals cream-colored, ob- 



tusish, ovate, 3-angled ... .2 

 '2, TJ. sessilifo'lia. Wild Oats. Leaves glabrous, glaucous beneath. Pod raised or. 



a little stalk. Stem fi-10' high, divided, c. 

 2 U. puber'ula. Downy B. Leaves fine-downy, shining green both sides. Pod 



sessl'.e. Stem 8-12' high. Mountains. S. 

 3 JTJ grandiflo'ra. Great-flowered B. Sepals smooth within and without, H' 



long. Anthers obtuse. Stem If. high. 



8 TJ. perfolia'ta. Mealy B. Sepals granular-roughish within, scarce I/ lonfr 

 Anthers pointed. Stem If. high. 



Fig. 663. Clintonia borealia 

 Fig. 664. A berry cut across tc 

 show the 2 cells. 



ORDER CXLIX. MELANTHACE.E. The Melanths. 



Herbs perennial, often poisonous, with parallel-veined leaves; 

 perianth double, of six similar pieces, green or colored alike, persistent; 

 stamens 6, with their anthers turned outwards (extrorse); 

 worry 3-celled, the style* 'isuaily distinct, a capsule in fruit. 

 U* 



