532 Pi'of- Don's MonograpJi «/"Streptopiis, &;c. 



or articulations of which they form an integral part, being merely lateral 

 extensions of them, and not separated by a diaphragm. 



The generic name alludes to tlie pendulous ovula, and is derived from 

 TTpoaapTttM, to append. 



1. P. haiKginosa, umbellis bifloris sessilibus, sepalis lanceolatis acuminatis 



3-nerviis basi foveolatis, stylo glabro, foliis cordato-ovatis subamplexi- 



caulibus utrinque pubescentibus. 

 Streptopus lanuginosus. JMicli. Fl. Bar. ^4mer. i. /;. 201. Pttrs/i Fl. Amer. 



Sept. i. p. 232. Elliott Curol. i. p. 393. Hm. in Jiees' Ctjcl. in loco. 



Spreng. Si/st. ii. ji. 98. Schult.Jîl. Si/.st. vii. p. 311. 

 Uvularia lanuginosa. Pers. Si/n. i. j). 'M'A). Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 1490. 

 Hah. in altis montibus Carolinœ Australis {Midi.) ; in IVnnsylvaniâ {Piirsh) ; 



in montibus Kentucky. Short. %. Fl. Maio et Junio (v. s. sp. in ïlerb. 



Boott). 



Caules erecti, teretiuscidi, pédales v. sesquipedales, infernè nudiusculi, basi 

 foliis 2 V. 3 imj)erfectè evolutis convoluto-vaginatis instructi, apice ra- 

 mosij pilis moUibus, dichotoniis, 4 — 5-articulatis, ramulo altero brevis- 

 simo, rariùs biramulosis, undique copiosè vestiti. Folia sessilia, ovata, 

 longé acuminata, membranacea, multinervia, utrinque pilis mollibus sim- 

 plicibus 2 — 3-articulatis, articulo imo dilatato, vestita, basi rotundata, 

 subcordata, vix ac ne vix amplexicanlia, sesqui- v. bipollicaria, f uncia- 

 lata. Vmhella terminalis, sessilis, biflora. Flores penduli. Pedicelli 

 semunciales, filiformes, pilis simplicibus copiosè vestiti. Perianthium 

 cam])anulatum, luteo-vireus. Sepala lanceolata, longe acuminata, 3- 

 nervia, 8 lineas longa, basi foveolfi nectariferâ aucta, sed onmino sim- 

 plicia, planiuscula, nee saccata. Stamina perianthio vix dimiciio breviora, 

 erecta, subiequalia : Jilamenta canaliculata, glabra, infernè dilatata : an- 

 therœ erectit, innatœ, oblongœ, apice integrae, obtusa?, biloculares, fila- 

 mentis tripio breviores : lovalis parallelis, connatis, sutura marginali 

 dehiscentibus, basi liberis. Ovarium conicum, 3-locuIare : lociilis biovu- 

 latis : ovulis a placentae superiore parte pendulis ! obovatis, ventricosis. 

 Sti/las triqueter, glaber, stamina ])arùm excedens. Stigmata 3, brevissima, 

 recurvata. iîf/rc« rubra, 3-locularis : lucnlis 1 — 2-spern)is. 



