UVULAllIA. 



iar'm, at the bafe. jinthers longer, and quite linear, with 

 but a (light membranous rudiment of a point, not al- 

 ways difcerniblc. This flowers in our gardens iwarly a 

 month earlier tliaii either of the laft. We humbly prcfume 

 that if any two fpecies of any genus be diftinft, this and the 

 ferfolmtci, to fay nothing of Jljvii, mull be fo, or botany 

 will prove a moil uncertain (ludy. The truth is, that no 

 competent botaiiift had, till lately, feen them together, in a 

 fufficiently perfeft Hate for difcriminatioii. Bauhin's Poly- 

 gonatum, mentioned under our firil Ipecies, may podibly be 

 the grandi/lora, the ^i'/a/r being fiippofed white, from their 

 appearance when dry, and being commonly no more than 

 live in the lovvcrmoft flower of our plant. Mr. Purih has 

 verified the lanceoltita of Mr. Aiton, by an authentic fpeci- 

 men. Indeed the fynonym of Cornuti fufficiently determines 

 that point. 



4. U. ftjjiltfolui. Seflile-leaved Uvularia. Linn. Sp. 

 PI. 437. Willd. n. 5. Ait. n. 5. Pnrfh n. 4. Sm. 

 Exot. Bot. V. I. loi. t. 52. Curt. Mag. t. 1402. — Stem 

 fmooth. Leaves feflile, elliptic-lanceolate ; glaucous be- 

 neath. Petals fmoolli on both fides. Neftary oblong. 

 Capfule ftalked. — In fhady woods, from Canada to Caro- 

 lina, flowering in May and June. The fize of this fpecies, 

 and the pale colour of \\.% Jlu-wer, moi^: accord with U. per- 



foitata, but its eflential difference from all the preceding 

 confifts in the leaves being felTilc, not in any manner perfo- 

 liate. They arc fomctimes very finely downy beneath, or 

 rather at the edges. Petals rather fpatulatc, with a greenifh 

 oblong neflary, and no roughnefs. Anthers very flightly 

 pointed. Stem fmooth, purplifli. All thcfe fpecies thrive 

 in moid fliady borders of bog-earth, with a portion of loam, 

 and as the herbage dies down to the root, fnrvive our ordi- 

 nary winters wilhout injury. U. feJfiUs, Thunb. Jap. 135, 

 is probably diftindt from out fe£iiiJoHa, but the author fur- 

 nifhes no difcriminating charaiStcrs. 



5. U. puberula. Downy Uvularia. Michaux Boreal. - 

 Amer. v. i. 159. Purfli n. 5. — Stem rather downy. Leaves 

 fcflile, ovate ; rounded at the bafe. Petals fmooth on both 

 fides. — Found by Michaux, on tlic loftieft mountains of Ca- 

 rolina. He defcribes it as related to the laft, but diftinft 

 in its petals, being rather larger, though in like manner 

 fmooth on the infide, tapering at the upper part into an 

 acute point. The leaves are green on both fides, partly em- 

 bracing the Jlem. We have a fpecimen gathered by Mr. 

 Menzies on the weft coalt of North America, which an- 

 fwers exaftly to this defcription. The leaves are truly 

 ovate, pointed, having ftrong ribs, conncfted by confpicu- 

 ous Jranfverfe veins, and arc nearly twice the fize of the 

 laft. The Jlem is reddifh, befprinkled with hiofe hairs. 

 Floiver-Jlalks hairy, as is likewife the _y?)i/c. Anthers \mi:3x, 

 pointlefs, like thofe of the granilijlora. This fpecimen an- 

 fwers in foliage and inflorefconce to U. lanugmofa. Curt. 

 Mag. t. 1490, our Stkeptopus, n. 3 ; but ihe Jlowerjlalks 

 and_y?)i/f are there reprefented fmooth. 



6. U. hirta. Hairy Uvularia. Thunb. Jap. 136. 

 Willd. n. 2. — " Stem (haggy. Leaves hairy, clatping the 

 ftem." — Gathered by Thunberg, near Jedo, in Japan. 

 The Jlem is round, a foot high, creft, the thicknefs of a 

 quill, and clothed with long denfe hairs. Leaves alternate, 

 fpreading, heart. (liaped, oblong, pointed, feven-ribbed, two 

 inches long, clotlicJ with very Ihort hairs. Flowers not ob- 

 ferved. Thunberg. 



7. U. cirrhofa. Tendril-leaved Uvularia. Thunb. Jap. 

 136. Willd. n. 6. — Leaves feffde, linear, each ending in a 



tendril. — Found by Thunberg, in Japan. " Stem round, 

 jointed, llriated, fmootii, fimple, ereft. Leaves two from 

 the fame Ijud, fmooth, a finger's length. Flowers from the 



fame bud as the leaves, llalkcd, drooping. Fooljlalk re- 

 flexed, fiiigle-flowered, the length of the nail. Petals fix, 

 oblong, yellow, nearly an inch long. Filaments half that 

 length, white. Anthers oblong, two-lobcd, within the 

 flower. Style one, rather (horter than the corolla, but 

 longer than the ftamens. Stigmas three, reflexed." Thun- 

 berg. This defcription does not leave any doubt refpcfting 

 the generic charaAer, but it does not exprefs whether the 

 Jlotuers arc folitary, as in all the American genuine Uvtilarit, 

 or aggregate, as in the following oriental doubtful one*. 

 There being two leaves from one bud with the Jlonvers, is 

 remarkable, but the author has not clearly expreffed whe- 

 ther thefe are all the leaves borne by one Jlem, of which his 

 defcription excites fome fufpicion. 



Mr. Gawler (Ker) has dcfcribed in Curt. Mag. t. 916, 

 an U. chinenfis, of which we were favoured, in May 1811, 

 with an authentic fpecimen from the ilove at Kew. This 

 may be defined — flowers in an umbel, fcflile on the foot- 

 ftalk of a leaf. It is reported to be a native of China. The 

 Jlem is herbaceous, about eighteen inches high, angular, 

 fmooth, leafy, a little zigzag, branched alternately in the 

 upper part. Leaves alternate, on fhort ftalks, ovato-lan- 

 ceolate, pointed, many-ribbed, fmooth, two or three inches 

 long ; three of their ribs ftronger than the reft. Umbel of 

 three or four Aroo^mg Jloiuers, feffde on the footftalk of one 

 of the leaves ; its partial Jlalks about half an inch long, with 

 feveral roughifli angles. Petals pointed, brown, twice as 

 long as the ftalks ; fmooth within, all elongated and gib- 

 bous, almoft fpurred, at the bafe. Filaments two or three 

 times tlie length of thAr anthers, both together nearly equal 

 to ihe petals. Germen turbinate, triangular. Style nearly as 

 long as t\\i.-Jlamens, with three riecur^ed Jligmas . Nothing is 

 known of thejruit. The clofe affinity of tliis plant to one 

 we fhall now defcribe, vvhicli is certainly no Uvularia, will 

 not allow us to admit either into our lift of fpecies. We 

 allude to a fpecimen gathered by Dr. Buchanan, on the 

 moift banks of rivers at Chitlong, in Upper Nepaul, in 

 April I 802. This bears its flowers in a ftalked umbel, from 

 the footftalk of a leaf. — The Jlem and leaves cliilely accord 

 with tlic Chinefe fpecies juft deferibed ; but the umbels, con- 

 fifting of feven or eight gri^cnjlowers, are each fupported 

 by a common deflexed^a/jf, almoft as long as the partial 

 ones, and, like them, rough-edged. Petals but half the 

 length of tlie ftalks, gibbous, and almoft tubular at the 

 bafe ; the three outermoll a little the broadeft and fliortefl. 

 Filaments thrice the length of the anthers, which are Uncar, 

 cloven at each end. Stigmas three, recurved, deeply fepa- 

 rated. Berry, according to Dr. Buchanan, three-lobed, of 

 three cells, with folitaryy2'^(/f. Such a fruit cannot belong 

 to Uvularia. Tliefe two fpecies mull therefore, in the pre- 

 fent ftate of our knowledge, be referred to Streptopus, 

 (fee that article,) to which we would make the following 

 additions. 



2. S. rofeus. (Uvularia rofea ; Curt. Mag. t. 1489.)^ 

 Flowered in Kcw-garden, in May i8i2. The _/7o'a'irrj are 

 bigger than thofe of S. amplexifulius, and are elegantly 

 fpotted with red. 



3. S- lanuginojus. (Uvularia lanuginofa ; Curt. Mag. 

 t. 1490.) — Brought from North America by Mr. Lyon, 

 with whom it flowered ni May 181 2. Thi: Jhwers ftand in 

 pairs, their y/,;//j (lightly combined at thebaic. Stamens 

 but half the length of the narrow green ^t/o//. 



\. &. chinenfis. Brown Cliinefe Streptopus. (Uvularia 

 chinenfis; Curt. Mag. t. yi6. Ait. n. 6. ) — Leaves on 

 ftlort ftalks. Umbels feflile. Sec its defcription above. 



J. S. peeiuncularis. Long-llalked Streptopus. (Uvu- 

 laria Pitfulu ; Buch. MSS. ) — Leaves on ftiort ftalks. Um- 



