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UVULARIA PERFOLIATA. 



PALE PERFOLIATED UVULARIA. 



Hexandria Monogynia, Linn. Lilia, Joss. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Corolla inferior, 6-petalled, campanulate ; claws of the petals each furnished with a nectarife- 

 rous cavity. Filaments very short, growing to the anthers. Stigmata reflexed. 

 Capsule 3-angled, 3-celled, 3-valved ; valves septiferous in the middle. Seeds many, 

 sub-globose, ar Mated at the liilura. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Leaves perfoliate, ovate-acute, or ovate-lanceolate, acute ; corolla pulverulently rough 

 within; anthers cuspidated with a cartilaginous point ; capsule truncate-triangular. B. 



SYNONYMS. 



Uvularia perfoliata, Muhl. Cat. and Herbarium. 

 Uvularia perfoliata, «. Bot. Mag. 



Uvularia flava, Pursh, (according to the figure he refers to.) 

 U. perfoliata, of Elliot. 



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