Obdbr 149.— the MELANTHS. 



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6. OLINTO'NIA. Clintonia. 



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



lanceolate. Flowers white, 2-5, nodding in 

 Ihe erect, bractlesa umbel. Common in woods. 

 N. 



2 0. multiflo'ra. Mmiy-flowered- 0. Leaves oblong- 



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

 rymb, erect or spread. Plant downy. Woods. 

 M.S. 



7. UVULARIA. BeUwort. 

 Perianth 6-parted. Sepals linear-spatulate 

 or lanceolate, with a honey-cavity at the 

 base of each. Filaments very short, anthers 

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

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

 Root-stock creeping. Stem leafy and usually 

 branched. Plowers mostly solitary, straw- 

 yellow, pendulous. May. 



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



lobed at end 3 



1 Leaves sessile. Sepals cream-colored, ob- 



tusish, ovate, 3-angled 2 



2 XT. sessilifo'Ua. Wild Oats. Leaves glabrous, glaucous beneath. Pod raised on 



a little stalk. Stem C-IC high, divided, e. 

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

 sessile. Stem 8-12' high. Mountains. S. 

 3 U. grandiflo'ra. Great-flowered B. Sepals smooth within and without, li' 



long. Anthers obtuse. Stem If. high. 

 8 U. perfolia'ta. Mealy B. Sepals granular-roughish within, scarce 1' long. 

 Anthers pointed. Stem If. high. 



Fig. 663. Clintonia borealia. 

 Fig. 664 A berry cut across to 

 sbow the 2 cells. 



Order CXLIX. MELANTHACEJE. The Melanths. 



Herts 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) ; 

 ovary 3-ceUed, the styles usually distinct, a capsule in. fruit. 



