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MELANTHACEjE. 



UvULARIA. 



inch long, pale yellow, roughened on the inside with little granular tubercles. Filaments 

 inserted at the base of the corolla : anthers long and linear, with an abrupt acumination. 

 Ovary obovoid-triangular, obtuse : style slender, triangular : stigmas filiform, reflexed. 

 Capsule with 3 concave sides, and as many projecting deeply grooved angles. Seeds several 

 in each cell, nearly globose, at first half surrounded by the large tumid raphe, but which is 

 finally retracted on each side. 



Moist woods and shady thickets. Fl. May. Fr. September. 



2. Uvularia grandiflora, Smith. Large-flowered Belhvort. 



Leaves perfoliate, elliptical or ovate -elliptical, acute; perianth smooth within; anthers 

 obtuse ; capsule truncate. — J. E. Smith, exot. fl. p. 99 t. 51 ; Bot. mag. t 1212 ; Pursh, 

 fl. 1. p. 391 ; Ell. sk. 1. p. 391 ? ; Bigel. fl. Bost. p. 134 ; Torr. fl. 1. p. 351 ; Beck, bot. 

 p. 362 ; Hook. fl. Bor. Am. 2. p. 175 ; Kunth, enum. 4. p. 201. U. perfoliata, var. major, 

 Michx. fl. 1. p. 199. U. lanceolata, Willd. sp. 2. p. 94? 



Roots consisting of numerous fasciculate thick fibres. Stem 12 - 15 inches high, sheathed 

 below, once or twice forked above ; one of the principal forks with a single or sometimes two 

 flowers, the other with a single flower or none. Leaves 2 - 3h inches long and 1-2 inches 

 wide, acute or slightly acuminate. Flowers twice as large as in the preceding species, and 

 of a brighter yellow. Segments of the perianth narrowly lanceolate, contracted at the base. 

 Stamens about half the length of the perianth : filaments very short, dilated in the middle : 

 anthers 6-8 lines long, the connective produced into a slight blunt point. Style cleft to the 

 middle ; the segments slender : stigmas linear, recurved. Ovary obovate-triangular. Capsule 

 (immature) triangular ; the angles not so projecting as in U. perfoliata. Young seeds almost 

 surrounded by the membranaceous appendage of the raphe, or perhaps arillus. 



Fertile woods and hill-sides : frequent in the western and northern parts of the State. 

 Troy {Eaton). Fl. May - June. 



3. Uvularia sessilifolia, Linn. Sessile-leaved Belhvort. 



Leaves ovate-lanceolate, somewhat glaucous underneath ; segments of the perianth smooth 

 inside ; anthers obtuse ; capsule acute at each end, stipitate. — Linn. sp. 1. p. 305 ; Michx. 

 fl. 1. p. 199 ; J. E. Smith, exot bot. p. 101. t. 52 ; Bot. mag. t. 1402 ; Pursh, fl. 1. p. 233 ; 

 Ell. sk. 1. p. 292 ; Bart. fl. N. Am 2. t. 54. /. 1 ; Bigel. fl. Bost. p. 135 ; Torr. fl. 1. 

 p. 352; Beck, bot. p. 362; Darlingt. fl. Cest. p. 223; Hook. fl. Bor.-Am. 2. p. 175 ; 

 Kunth, enum. 4. p. 201. 



Stem 8-12 inches high, sheathed below, mostly 2-forked above, with a single pendulous 

 flower on one of the forks. Leaves 1-2 inches long, acute, smooth. Flower pale yellow 

 or cream-colored, about three-fourths of an inch long. Stamens about two-thirds the length 

 of the perianth : filaments narrowly linear, half the length of the anthers. Style 3-cleft one- 

 third of its length : stigmas linear and revolute. Capsule triangular-obovoid, tapering at the 

 base. 



Woods : frequent. Fl. May. Fr. August. 



