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Liliales of Ohio. 
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9. Aletris L. Colic-root. 
Perennial, smooth, stemless herbs, fibrous rooted with basal 
lanceolate leaves. Inflorescence a spike-like raceme; flowers 
small, bracted, white or yellow; perianth campanulate of six 
united, persistent segments; stamens united with the perianth; 
stigmas minutely 2-lobed; capsule ovoid. 
Aletris farinosa L. Colic root. Scape 1G-36 in. tall, slender, 
terete; basal leaves lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, acuminate at 
the tip, narrowed at the base, pale in color, 2-6 in. long; raceme 
4-12 in. long or somewhat longer; flowers white or yellowish; 
style subulate; capsule ovoid, loculicidal above. Counties along 
Lake Erie. 
Melanthatce. 
10. Uvularia L. Bellwort. 
An erect, perennial herb from a root-stock. Stem leafy above 
and scale-bearing below; leaves alternate, perfoliate or sessile; 
flowers peduncled, drooping, solitary or occasionally in two’s at 
the end of the branches; perianth narrow or bell-shaped; stamens 
6, free, or united to the base of the perianth segments; anthers 
linear; capsule ovoid or obovoid, three angled. 
1. Leaves sessile, not perfoliate. U. sessilifolia. 
1. Leaves perfoliate. 2. 
2. Perianth segments pubescent within, stamens shorter than the style, 
plants glaucous, leaves glabrous. U. perfoliata. 
2. Perianth segments smooth within or nearly so, stamens longer than the 
style, plants not glaucous, leaves pubescent beneath. U. grand.ifl.ora. 
1. Uvularia sessilifolia L. Sessile-leaf Bellwort. Glabrous 
herb with a slender stem and but one or two leaves below the 
fork. Leaves oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 1-5 in. long, thin, 
sessile, acute at each end, margins slightly rough, pale or glaucous 
beneath, flowers greenish yellow; perianth segments smooth; 
styles exceeding the stamens; anthers blunt; capsule narrowed at 
both ends, 1 in. long. Lucas, Cuyahoga, Summit, Mahoning, 
Gallia. 
2. Uvularia grandiflora Sm. Large-flowered Bellwort. Stem 
stout, yellowish-green, not glaucous, naked or bearing 1 or 2 
leaves below the fork; leaves perfoliate, oblong, oval or ovate, 
somewhat acuminate, whitish-pubescent beneath; perianth seg¬ 
ments smooth within or nearly so; stamens exceeding the styles; 
capsule obtusely lobed. General 
3. Uvularia perfoliata L. Perfoliate Bellwort. A slender 
plant 6-20 in. high, with 1-3 leaves below the fork. Leaves 
glaucous, oblong to ovate-lanceolate, acute; perianth segments 
pale yellow, pubescent within; stamens shorter then the style or 
equaling them; capsule obovoid, truncate, 3-angled with concave 
sides and grooved ridges. General. 
