534 Prof. Don's Monograph of Streptopus, S^c. 



tached in the capacity of naturalist. It bears a close resemblance to some 

 species of Disporum; and it moreover agrees with that genus in its sepals 

 being produced into a pouch at their base. The flowers, which are also ter- 

 minal and in pairs, are twice the size of those of the preceding, and the style 

 is copiously hairy. 



Sir J. E. Smith, in " Rees's Cyclopaedia," refers to this under Uvularia 

 puherula of Michaux, a plant with which the American botanists of the pre- 

 sent day appear to be entirely unacquainted. It is unquestionably true that 

 several examples do occur of plants being common to the mountains of the 

 Southern States, and the western regions of North America ; but it is scarcely 

 probable that Michaux could have overlooked the striking peculiarities of the 

 terminal inflorescence, saccate sepals, and hairy style ; indeed his description 

 seems to be wholly at variance with the present plant. 



