►ri6 Oedeb 148.— LILIACBjE. 



late ; 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. — U St. branched. Fls. 

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

 bent near the middle. 



1 S. roseus Mx. Smooth ; Ivs. oblong-ovate, clasping, margin serrulate-oiliate ; 

 under surface green like the upper ; pedicels short, generally distorted in the mid- 

 dle ; segments spreading at apex ; araffi. shmt, 2-lu>med ; stig. (rifid. — Can. to Car. 

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

 round, dichotomously branching. Leaves 2 — 4' 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, glaucous beneath ; pedicels solitary, geniculate and distorted in 

 tTie middle ; sep. long-acuminate, reflexed ; anih. sagittate, acute-pointed, entire ; 

 stig. truncate. — Can. and Mid. States. Native of B'oods. Stem round, diohoto- 

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

 site the leaf, twisted and bent downwards each with al)ell-form, 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. TrpocropTaw, to suspend ; alluding to 

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

 nous, included, with long, filiform filaments} ovary 3-celled, with 2 sus- 

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

 longs 3 to 6-seeded. — 71 St. erect, with divergent branches, scattered, 

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

 purple fls. 



P. laniigindsa 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. Fls. spreading-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 conniveilt-oampanulate, de- 

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

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

 p^rigynous ; 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 axillary, nodding. 



§ Leaves perfoliate near the base. Capsule obovoid-triangular, truncate Nos. 1, 2 



S Leaves sessile or ball'-claspiJjg. Capsule ovoid or oval-triangular i^ios. 8, 4 



1 XT. perfoli^ta L. Mealy Bellwobt. Lvs. perfoliate, eUipticaJ, subacute; 

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

 caps, truncate. — 2f Can. and XJ. S. A handsome, smooth plant, in woods. Stem 

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

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

 apex. Flower pale yellow, pendulous. Segments linear-lancoolate, IJ' long, 

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

 Smith.) 



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

 tary, pendulous; segments acuminate, smooth within and without; anth. obtuse. — 

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

 15 inches high, passing through the perfoliate leaves near their bases, dividing 

 into 2 branches at top, one of which bears the large, yellow, pendulous flower. 



