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Floral Illustrations of the Seasons / Consisting of the Most Beautiful, Hardy and Rare Herbaceous Plants, Cultivated in the Flower Garden

Chapter 41: UVULARIA Grandiflora.
By Margaret Roscoe
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A series of hand-drawn and engraved botanical plates paired with succinct Latin classifications and practical cultivation notes, arranged to follow the seasons. Each entry describes plant form, varieties, propagation and soil or exposure preferences, and suggests garden uses for hardy herbaceous ornamentals. The preface frames the volume as an accessible guide intended to encourage aesthetic appreciation and botanical study, particularly among women, by combining accurate description with visual representation.

Plate 12. Uvularia Grandiflora.
Drawn from Nature by M.R. Engraved by R. Havell Junr.

UVULARIA Grandiflora.

Large flowered Uvularia.

Class and Order.—Hexandria Monogynia.

Syn. Uvularia Grandiflora. Exotic Botany, Tab. 51.
 — Uvularia Grandiflora. Pursh Flo. N. A. Vol. 1. p. 231.
 — Uvularia Grandiflora. Hortus Kewensis, 2. Vol. p. 247.

Root tuberous—stem a foot or more in height, radical, erect, sheathed at the base, branching towards the summit—petioles flexuose—leaves perfoliate, broadly lanceolate, undulate—peduncles axillary—flowers pendulous—calyx none—corolla yellow, petals six, linear, tortuose—stamens six, filaments short—anthers oblong, linear—germen obovate—style one, stigma divided into three parts—nectary a cavity at the base of each petal.

The genus Uvularia is neither a numerous, nor a showy one, though the species figured (which is the finest) is a very elegant plant, and if placed in the front of a bog border, the soil of which is peculiarly adapted to it, will add much to the beauty of the flower garden about April. In 1802, Messrs. Lee and Kennedy received this species from North America, and according to Pursh, it is found on shady hills in fertile soils, and among the rocks from Canada to Carolina;—it is perfectly hardy, and may be increased by parting the roots early in the Autumn.

The most interesting, are

U. amplexifolia.
— lanceolata.
— perfoliata.
— sessilifolia.

Pl. 12.