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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 nectariferous
cavity. Filaments very short, growing to the anthers. Stigmata reflected.
Capsule 3-angled, 3-celled, 3-valved. Valves septiferous in the middle.
Seeds many, sub-globose, arillate at the hilum. Nutt.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Leaves sessile, lanceolate-oval, glaucous underneath; capsule ovate, on a footstalk.
Pers.
P la n t from eight to twelve or fourteen inches high. Root perennial,
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
