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late-lanceolate, with a necteriferous groove or pit at the 

 base of each. Stamens 6, with short filaments : anthers 

 long and linear, adnate. Style deeply 3 -cleft. Capsule 

 triangular, 3-celled, 3-valved from the top, with a few obo- 

 void seeds in each cell. — Perennial herbs from creeping root- 

 stocks, alternate sessile cr clasping leaves, and pale yellow nodding, 

 mostly solitary /lowers. 



* Leaves clasping, perfoliate. 



1. U. grandiflora, Smith. Large-flowered Bellwort. 



Leaves oblong or elliptical-ovate, pale and ver^slightly pubescent underneath-; 

 tepals smooth within; anthers nearly pointless ; lobes of the capsule with convex 

 sides. 



Rich woods, rare. May. June. Stem 12 to 15 inches high, passing through the 

 perfoliate leaves near their bases, dividing into 2 branches at the top, one of which 

 bears a large pendulous pale-yellow flower. Perianth 1)^ inch long. Anthers % 

 iuch long. 



2. U. PERFOLTATA, L. Perfoliate Bellwort. 



Leaves ovate or oblong-lanceolate, smooth, glaucous underneath; sepals granu- 

 lar-roughened inside; anthers pointed; capsule-lobes with concave rides. 



Moist woods and thickets, common. May, June. Stem 8 to 12 inches high, 

 passing through the perfoliate leaves near the base, 2-branchcd at the top. Leavts 

 2 to 3 inches long, % to 1 inch wide. Flowers pale-yellow, % to 1 inch long. 



* * Leaves sessile. 



3. U. sessilifolia, L. Sessile-leaved Bellwort. 



Low, smooth ; leaves OTal or lance-oblong, pale, glaucous underneath ; styles 

 (united to the middle, longer than the obtuse anthers ; capsule triangular ovate. 



Low woods, common. May. Stem 6 to 10 inches high, forked near the summit 

 Leaves 1 to V/ 2 inch long. Flowers 1 to 2 on a slender axillary peduncle, cream- 

 colored, % inch long. 



4. U. puberula, Michx. Puberulent Bellwort. 



Leaves shining, ovate, green, minutely puberulent, as well as the branches; 

 gtyles united below, as long as the short-pointed anthers; capsule ovate, sessile- 

 Mountains, southern parts^f the State. 



2. PROSARTES, Don. Prosartes. 



Qr.prosartas, to hang from; in allusion to the suspended ovules or flowers. 



Perianth bell-form, 6-parted, much as in Uvularia. 

 Stamens 6, the thread-like filaments inserted at the base of 

 the perianth. Ovary 3-celled, with 2 ovules suspended 

 from the summit of each cell. Styles united into one : 

 stigmas 3, short, recurved. Berry ovoid, pointed, 3 to 6- 

 secded, red. — Downy low herbs, widely branched above, with 

 chsely sessile, ovate leaves, and greenish-yellow drooping flowers on 

 slender terminal peduncles, solitary or few in an umbel. 



P. LANUGINOSA, Don. Pale-flowered Prosartes. 



Leaves ovate oblong, acuminate, rounded or slightly heart-shaped at the base , 



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