tl6 08DBE 148.— LILIAOB^. 



lato ; segments with a nectariferous pore at the base of each ; anthers 

 longer than the filaments ; stigma very short ; berry roundish, 3-celled ; 

 seeds few, hilum with a very slender raphe. — 71 St. branched. Fls, 

 axillary, solitary, generally with the peduncle distorted, or abruptly 

 bent near the middle. 



1 S, rdaeus Mx. Smooth ; Ivs. oblong-ovate, clasping, margin serralate-ciliats ; 

 under surface green Wee the upper ; pedicels sliort, generally distorted in tbe mid- 

 dle ; segments spreading at apex ; anth. short, 2-horned ; stig. trifid. — Can. to Car. 

 and Tenn. A common species, native of woods. Stem a foot or more high, 

 round, diohotomously branching. Leaves 2 — i' long, -J as wide, ending in a 

 slender point, smooth, but conspicuously edged with minute, rough hairs. 

 Flowers reddish, spotted, suspended beneath the branches, one under each 

 leaf. Jn. 



2 S. amplexifolius DO. Smooth ; Ivs. oblong-ovate, clasping, smooth and en- 

 tire on the margin, gh/ucous heneath ; pedicels solitary, geniculate and distorted in 

 the middle ; sep. long-acuminate, reflexed ; anth. sagittate, acute-pointed, entire ,- 

 stig. truncate. — Can. and Mid. States. JiTative of woods. Stem round, dichoto- 

 rnous, 2f high. Leaves 2 to 3' long, i as wide, very smooth. Peduncles oppo- 

 site the leaf, twisted and bent downwards each with a bell-ibrm, drooping flower 

 gibbous at base, of a pale straw-color. Fruit oblong, red, many-seeded. Jn. (S. 

 distortus Mx. Uvularia L.) 



23. PROSAR'TES, Don. (Gr. TTpoaaprdu, to suspend ; alluding to 

 the pendulous flowers.) Perianth as in Uvularia ; stamens 6, perigy- 

 nous, included, with long, filiform filaments ; ovary 3-celIed, with 2 sus- 

 pended ovules in each cell ; style elongated, trifid ; berry roundish ob- 

 long, 3 to 6-seeded. — 2X St. erect, with divergent branches, scattered, 

 sessile, ovate, thin, pubescent Ivs. and drooping, terminal, greenish- 

 purple fls. 



P. lanuginosa Don. Lvs. ovate-oblong, acuminate, cordate or rounded at the 

 clasping base, pubescent beneath ; pedicels in pairs ; perianth segm. linear- 

 lanceolate; style smooth.— Mts. N. T. to Car., W. to Or. St. 12 to 18' high, 

 2 or 3 times forked above. Lvs. 2 to 3' long, veined. Pedicels 6 to 8'' long, 

 downy. Pis. spreadiag-bell-shaped, segm. near 6" long. Berry red. May. 



24. UVULA'RIA, L. Bell-wort. (Lat. uvula, the palate; the 

 flower depends like that organ.) Perianth connivent-campaH^ulate, de- 

 ciduous, deeply 6-parted ; segments linear-oblong, acute, erect, with a 

 nectariferous cavity at the base of each ; filaments very short, scarcely 

 perigynous ; anthers linear, half as long as the petals ; style trifid ; 

 capsule 3-celled ; seeds few, with a very tumid raphe. — Lvs. alternate, 

 Fls. solitary, terminal, becoming a.villary, nodding. 



S Leaves perfoliate ne.ar tho b.ise. Capsulo obovoid-triangular, truncate N03. ], 2 



§ Leaves iessile or balf-clasping. Capsule ovoid or oval-ti-iangalar Nos. 8, 4 



1 IT. perfoliata L. Mealy Eellwoet. Lvs. perfoliate, elliptical, subacute; 

 perianth subcampanulate, iuberculate-scabrous within, segm. acute ; anths. cuspidate ; 

 caps, truncate. — y Can. and U. S. A handsome, smooth plant, in woods. Stem 

 10 — -14' high, passing through tho perfoliate leaves near their bases, and dividing 

 into 2 branches at top. Leaves 2 — 3' by f — 1', rounded at the base, acute at 

 apex. Flower pale yellow, pendulous. Segments linear-lanceolate, 1J-' long, 

 twisted, covered within with shining grains. Anthers f long. Hay. (U. flava 

 Bmitli.) 



2 TJ. grandiflora Smith. Lvs. perfoliate, elliptic-oblong, acute ; fl. terminal, soli- 

 fcu'y, pendulous ; segments acuminate, smooth within and'wilhout ; anth. obtuse. — 

 It Can. and U. S. Larger than either of the foregoing. In woods. Stem 12 — 

 1.5 inches high, passing through the perfoliate leaves near their base-s, dividing 

 mtTi 2 branches at top, oao of which bears the large, yeUow, pendulous flower 



