MELANTHACEAE 23 I 



Pa. Monroe and Northampton to Chester and Delaware counties. 

 Tertiary, o: Cretaceous, rare: Older Formations, not very com- 

 mon. South of the moraine only in Pa. 138-204 days. Sea level— 

 1,050 ft. 



9. Veratrum L. 



1. V. viride Ait. In swamps and wet woods, or on dry hillsides 

 in the Catskills: Quebec to Alask., Ga., Tenn., Minn, and 

 Brit. Col. 



Conn. Common throughout the state, increasing northwestward. 

 N. Y. Throughout, increasing northward; rare south of the 



moraine on L. I. 

 N. J. Rare or wanting in the pine-barrens; local in Salem, Cumber- 

 land, Gloucester, Camden, Burlington and Ocean counties, in- 

 creasing and common northward. 

 Pa. Throughout, increasing northward. 



Tertiary, rare or wanting: Cretaceous, scattered: Older Forma- 

 tions, common, increasing northward. 118-204 days. Sea level- 

 2,865 ft. 



10. Uvularia L. 



Capsule obtusely 3-angled, truncate or rounded; leaves perfoliate. 1. V. perfoliate. 

 Capsule acutely 3-angled, acute at each end; leaves sessile. 



Leaves thin, pale or glaucous beneath, narrowed at both ends. 2. U. sessilifolia. 



Leaves firm, green both sides, sometimes subcordate. 3. U. nilida. 



i. U. perfoliata L. In moist woods and thickets: Quebec and 

 Ont. to Fla. and Miss. 



Throughout the range except in the pine-barrens; but apparently 

 not in Luzerne and Schuykill counties, Pa. 



2. U. sessilifolia L. In moist woods and thickets: N. B. and 



Ont. to Minn., Ga. and Ark. 

 Throughout the range except in the pine-barrens of L. I. and N. J. 



3. U. nitida (Britton) Mackenzie ( U. sessilifolia nitida (Britton) 



Morong). In sandy swamps: N. J. 



N. J. Frequent in, and along the edges of the pine-barrens. 



Tertiary, common on Beacon Hill, rare or unknown elsewhere: 

 Cretaceous, rare or o: Older Formations, o. Not north of the 

 moraine. 186-224 days. About sea level. 



The reported occurrence of U. grandiflora J. E. Smith in the range has not been 

 established. It may grow in the Catskills or in the mountains of Pa. . 



