532 Prof. Don's Monograph of Streptopus, S^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 the pendulous ovula, and is derived from 



Trpoaaprao), tO append. 



1. p. lanuginosa, umbellis bifloris sessilibus, sepalis lanceolatis acuminatis 



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



caulibus utrinque pubescentibus. 

 Streptopus lanuginosus. Mich. Fl. Bar. Amer. i. ;;. 201. Pursh Fl, Amer. 



Sept. I. p. 232. Elliott Carol, i. p. 393. Sm. in Rees" Cycl. in loco. 



Spreng. Syst. ii. p. 98. Schult.Jil. Syst. vii. p. 311. 

 Uvularia lanuginosa. Pers. Syn. i. p. 360. Ker in Bot. Mag, t. 1490. 

 Hab. in altis montibus Carolinae Australis {Mich.) ; in Pennsylvania {Pursh) ; 



in montibus Kentucky. Short. V . Fl. Maio et Junio (v. s. sp. in Herb. 



Boott). 



Caules erecti, teretiusculi, pedales v. sesquipedales, infern^ nudiusculi, basi 

 foliis 2 V. 3 imperfect^ evolutis convoluto-vaginatis instructi, apice ra- 

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

 simo, rariiis biramulosis, undique copiosfe vestiti. Folia sessilia, ovata, 

 long^ acuminata, membranacea, multinervia, utrinque pilis moUibus sim- 

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

 subcordata, vix ac ne vix amplexicaulia, sesqui- v. bipoUicaria, f unciee 

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

 semunciales, filiformes, pilis simplicibus copios^ vestiti. Perianthium 

 campan\ilatum, luteo-virens. Sepala lanceolata, long^ acuminata, 3- 

 nervia, 8 lineas longa, basi foveola nectarifera aucta, sed omnin6 sim- 

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

 erecta, subeequalia : Jilamenta canaliculata, glabra, inferne dilatata : an- 

 therce erectse, innatee, oblongfe, apice integree, obtusae, biloculares, fila- 

 mentis triple breviores : loculis parallelis, connatis, sutura marginali 

 dehiscentibus, basi liberis. Ovarium conicum, 3-loculare : loculis biovu- 

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

 Stylus triqueter, glaber, stamina parum excedens. Stigmata 3, brevissima, 

 recurvata. 5«cca rubra, 3-locularis : loculis \ — 2-spermis. 



