. Handbook of hardy trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants ... Based on the French work of Messrs. Decaisne and Naudin ...entitled 'Manuel de l'amateur des jardins,' and including the original woodcuts by Riocreux and Leblanc. Plants, Ornamental. 534 MclanthacccE— Uvularia. 2. UVULARIA. Dwarf fibrous-rooted herbs with sessile or clasping ovate- lanceolate cauline leaves and solitary or geminate pedunculate pendulous yellow flowers. Perianth-segments free to the base, linear-lanceolate or spathulate, slightly spreading. Fruit cap- sular, few-seeded. A small genus from North America and the mounta
. Handbook of hardy trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants ... Based on the French work of Messrs. Decaisne and Naudin ...entitled 'Manuel de l'amateur des jardins,' and including the original woodcuts by Riocreux and Leblanc. Plants, Ornamental. 534 MclanthacccE— Uvularia. 2. UVULARIA. Dwarf fibrous-rooted herbs with sessile or clasping ovate- lanceolate cauline leaves and solitary or geminate pedunculate pendulous yellow flowers. Perianth-segments free to the base, linear-lanceolate or spathulate, slightly spreading. Fruit cap- sular, few-seeded. A small genus from North America and the mountains of Northern India. The name is from uvula, said to be applied on account of their medicinal use in diseases of that organ. It has also been explained as referring to the pendent flowers. 1. U. grandifidra.—This species grows about a foot high, and the oblong-ovate slightly hairy leaves are perfoliate. Flowers pale yellow, 1-J- to 2 inches long, appearing in jNIay or Jime. North America. U. puMrula and U. have sessile not-perfoliate ]ea\'es and pale yellow or cream-coloured flowers; and U. per- fuliatciAa near grandlfldru, but with smaller flowers. 3. TRICtRTIS. A small genus of Chinese and Japanese origin. Erect hairy herbs. Leaves alternate, ovate or cordate, and stem-clasping. Flowers in terminal panicles. Perianth six-parted, tlie segments forming a ball, clawed, the three outer bulging at the base. From Tpidi, three, and KvpTOi, swollen or hump-backed, referring to the outer perianth- loV)es. 1. T. hida.—A hardy plant with broad sessile ovate-acuminate shining nervose leaves. Flowers 'Vy^ V^y J IS d large, in terminal um- bels, white thickly r, B„lb,,Iiumvc,-n™,, (i s:.; spotted with Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hemsley, W. Botting
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