UVULA'RIA GRANDIFLO'RA. 
LARGE-FLOWERED UVULARIA. 
Class. Order. 
HEXANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
MELANTHACEA5. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
N. America. 
1 foot. 
* . , 
May, June. 
Perennial. 
in 1734. 
No. 187. 
Much has been said in support of an observa- 
tion of Linneus, relative to the term Uvularia being 
derived from the resemblance of its inflorescence 
to the uvula, a small conical substance which is 
pendent over the root of the tongue in the human 
subject. It cannot be matter of surprise that so 
great a genius should have registered an idea hastily, 
or in mistake ; but, on the contrary, it is wonderful 
that he effected so much, with so great a degree 
of correctness and penetration. The appellation 
Uvularia originated, without doubt, in the use of 
a plant, for the cure of diseased uvula. Linneus 
applied the term to the present genus, but the old 
herbalists gave it to a species of Capanula, which 
they used in gargles ; to no part, however, of either 
plant, can be traced any likeness to the Uvula. 
Grandiflora, from the Latin, large-flowered. 
The drooping yellow blossoms of the Uvularia are 
delicate and interesting; and though not very showy, 
they are well suited for the front of the borders. 
Notwithstanding it is perfectly hardy, we have lost 
it when planted in a light peat ; but it grows and 
increases freely in a fresh loamy soil. 
Ilort. Kew. 2, v. 2, 247. 
