UVULARIA SESSILIFOLIA. 



SESSILE-LEAVED UVULARIA OR BELL-WORT. 



Hexandria Monogynia, Linn. Narcissi, Juss. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Corolla inferior, 6-petalled, erect ; claws of the petals each furnished with a nectari- 

 ferous cavity. Filaments very short, growing to the anthers. Stigmata re- 

 flected. Capsule 3-angled, 3-celled, 3-valved. Valves septiferous in the mid- 

 dle. Seeds many, sub-globose, arillate at the hilum. Nutt. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Leaves sessile, lanceolate-oval, glaucous underneath ; capsule ovate, on a footstalk. 

 Pers. 



Plant from eight to twelve or fourteen inches high. Root peren- 

 nial, fleshy, whitish, resembling the root of Uvularia perfoliata. Stem 

 smooth, cylindrical, erect, simple, bent at the base, where it is invested 

 with from four to six sheaths of a purplish colour; furnished with a 

 single leaf about midway of its length, about two inches above 



