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Hab. From Lake Huron to the Saskatchawan. D r Todd. D r Richardson. Drummond. N. W. Coast,
from the Columbia to lat 58°. Douglas. Tolmie. Dr Scouler. Bongard.—Readily distinguished from the
preceding by the ciliation, and by the colour of the under surface, by the shorter and not peculiarly distorted
pedicels, and by the smaller flowers, with narrower, more erect, and more distinctly placed sepals; and
especially by the bifid anthers and trifid stigma; in which latter particular it seems to connect this genus with
the following.
Tab. CLXXXVIII. B. Fig. 1, Flower; ƒ 2, Sepal and stamen ; f. 3, pistil :—magnified.
8. UVULARIA. L.
1. U. lanuginosa (P ers.) ; foliis ovatis acum inatis sessilibus im pu nctatis ciliatis inferiori-
bus am plexan tibu s ju n io rib u s subtus pedunculisque binis term inalib us pubescentibus,
p erian th ii basi acu ta foliolis lineari-lanceolatis, stylo glaberrim o. Ker. Bot. Mag. t.
1409.— S trep to p us lanugin. Mx.— Ph. Am. 1. p. 2 32 . Torrey. 1. p. 3 53 .— U vularia
p ub eru la. Rich. App. p. 10, cum descr. (certe.) an Mich. Am. 1. p. 199 ?—f2r major ; foliis
m ajoribus basi cordatis am plexan tibu s sepalisque obtusissim is distincte reticulatim venosis.
H ab. Woody country, Lake Winipeg, to the Rocky Mountains. Dr Richardson. Drummond.—Columbia
River, N. W. Coast. Tolmie. Gairdner.— Between Norway House and Cumberland House Fort. Dr
Richardson.—This plant is certainly rather an Uvularia than a Streptopus ; and, besides the following,
there are several nearly allied species in Northern India, such as Uvularia Hamiltoniana and U., calcarata,
&c. of Wallich. The stem in all is rather tall, dichotomously branched, the leaves broad, distichous, the
flowers more dr less drooping, more of less clustered, and terminal ; the sepals nectariferous, the anthers
oblong obtuse, the stigma trifid. What Michaux’s Uvularia puberula is, I am unable to say, probably, as
Dr Richardson conceives, the present plant ; but Michaux says, “ affinis U. sessilifolia,” which is certainly
not the case with our plant. Sir James Smith confounded it with the following species, from the shores of
the Pacific.
2. U. Smithii; foliis ovatis acum inatis sessilibus nitidis p un ctatis ciliatis g labris ju n io ribus
sub tu s ad nervos p uberulis, pedunculis term inalib us binis styloque pubescentibus,
p erian th ii basi lata tru n ç a ta foliolis lanceolatis. (T ab. C L X X X IX .)— U . p u b eru la.
Sm. in Rees. Cycl. (not Mich.)
H ab. Nutka Sound. Mr Menzies. Dr Scouler.—This appears to be a very distinct species in the flowers,
of which we find a remarkable approach to the 27. calcarata, where the base of each sepal forms a nectariferous
spur, while in ours it forms an angle, thus giving the peculiar truncated appearance to the base of the
flower. The leaves are shining, very pellucid, beautifully reticulated with transverse veins, and marked all
over, and on both sides, with small brown dots. It is probably rare. I possess but one specimen from each
of the above travellers ; but I must observe, that the species of this genus appear liable to much variation ;
and some of the western specimens of U. lanuginosa are a little more obtuse than usual at the base, and a
little downy at the lower part of the. style.
Tab. CLXXXIX. Fig. 1, Portion of a leaf ; ƒ. 2, Sepal and stamen; f. 8, Pistil :—magnified. -
3. U. perfoliala (L .) foliis peyfoliatis ellipticis cum acum inulo, flore term inait soli-
tario pendulo, p erianthio cam panulato intus papilloso, antheris, acutis. Sm. Ex. Fl. 1. p-
95. t. 49. Ph. Am. 1. p. 231. Bot. Mag. t. 9 55 .— U . p erfoliata, minor. Mx. Am. 1. p. 1.99,
H ab. Canada. Pursh.—I possess garden specimens of this species, which appear distinct, and others from
Boston, United States; but 1 have received none from Canada, or any part of British N, America.
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4. U. grandiflora (Sm.); foliis perfoliatis; elliptico-oblongis acutis, flore terminali soli-
tario pendulo, perianthio longe campanulato intus nudo* laciniis acuminatis, antheris
longe linearibus obtusis. Sm. Ex. FI. p. 99. t. 51. Bot. Mag. t. 1212. Ph. Am. 1. p. 391.
—U. perfoliata, major. Mx. Am. 1. p. 199.— U. lanceolata. Willd.
H a b . Lake Huron, to the Saskatchawan. Dr Todd. Dr Richardson. Drummond.—The much longer
and more acuminated and yellower sepals, free from papillae, and the very long and obtuse anthers, will
readily distinguish this from the preceding. The 27. flava, Sm. {Ex. FI. t. 50), from Carolina, however,
seems almost intermediate, having larger and longer and yellower flowers, like the present, and papillose
sepals and pointed short anthers, like the former.
5. U. sessilifolia (L .); foliis sessilibus oblongo-subovatis acutis, flore terminali solitario
pendulo, perianthio oblongo-campanulato intus lasvi laciniis obtusis, antheris linearibus
obtusis. Sm. Ex. FI. ]. p. 101. t. 52. Mx. Am. J.p. 199. Ph. Am. 1. p. 233.
H a b . New Brunswick (Mr Kendal), and throughout Canada to the Saskatchawan. D r Richardson.
Mr Drummond.
4. SMILACINA. Desf.
1. S. borealis (Gawl. Bot. Mag. t. 1403); foliis subradicalibus obovato-oblongis acutis
plerumque ciliatis, scapo glabro folia longe superante umbella pauci-(3-6)-flora ebrac-
teata, perianthii campanulati nutantis .laciniis lanceblatis. Ph. Am. I. p. 232.—Dracaena
borealis. Ait. Kew. ed. 1. t. 5.
H a s. New Brunswick. Dr Todd. Newfoundland. D r Morrison. Canada. Pursh. Mrs Percival; to
the Saskatchawan. Dr Richardson. Drummond.—Flowers yellowish-green.—This is very different from
the Si umbfillulata (Mx.), which has much smaller and more copious white flowers, whith spreading obovate
sepals, and was gathered by Mr Drummond in the Alleghanies, where Michaux first discovered it; but its
northern boundary is within the States.
2. S. uniflora (Menz. mst.); foliis subradicalibus 2-3 obovato-lanceolatis acutis subtus
margine pilosis, scapo pubescente unifloro longitudine foliorum, perianthii hirsuti lato-
campanulati erecti laciniis obovato-lanceolatis. (Tab. CXC.)—S. borealis. /3. uniflora.
Roem. Syst. Veget. v. 7. p. 307.
H ab . N. W. America, from Fort Vancouver to Observatory Inlet, and on mountains of the interior.
Mr Menzies. Douglas. Dr Scouler. Tolmie.— An extremely different species from the last, much smaller,
with narrower foliage, and a solitary flower almost twice the size of that of S. borealis, and much more hairy.
The berries are, when recent, of a fine rich blue colour {Douglas). Root very long, and stoloniferous.
T ab . CXC. Fig. 1, Sepal and stamen ; f. 2, P i s t i l magnified.
3. S. trifolia (Desf.); caule alterne trifoliate), foliis- oblongo-lanceolatis acutis basi
angustata amplexantibus, racemo simplici terminali laxo. Ph. Am. 1. p. 233.— Conval-
laria. L .— Torrey. 1. p. 354. Gmel. Sib. 1 .1. 6.
H ab. Swamps throughout Canada, to Bear Lake and the Rocky Mountains. Dr Richardson. Drummond.
Newfoundland. Mr Cormach. Labrador. Miss Bren ton.—This is certainly the same as the Siberian plant
of the same name.