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All the monocotyledons have a defined elevation; Smilacina cordifolia is the lowest, except Uvularia, Lilacineae and Trillium, are the highest, not being found much under 10,000 feet.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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Solomon's-seal (_Polygonatum_) (Fig. 83, _B_), bellwort (_Uvularia_), and others.
Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses Douglas Houghton Campbell
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To the nullah I observed Stellaria cana, Berberis asiatica, which has re - appeared, Erythrina, Rubus deltoid, which is very common all over these parts and whose fruit is palatable, Uvularia, Swertia plantaginifolia,
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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_Veratrum_, _Uvularia_, and _Colchicum_ are, perhaps, the more familiar, and the last-mentioned genus is a very nearly allied one.
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The last of the gay golden Erythroniums, the Dogtooth Violets, dancing in the breeze; the large, softly colored Anemones, now nearing their end; the banks of pearly Eyebrights; the white Violets, lowly and fragrant; the straw-colored Uvularia; the ivory spikes of Solomon's
An Island Garden 1894
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Always a basket for flowers went along; and when the sled stopped, she would wander all around seeking among the piled-up dead leaves for the white wind-flower, and pretty little hang-head Uvularia, and delicate blood-root, and the wild geranium and columbine; and many others the names of which she did not know.
The Wide, Wide World 1892
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Uvularia grandiflora (large-flowered bellwort), woods, common.
The Maine Woods 1858
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Uvularia sessilifolia (sessile-leaved bellwort), Chesuncook woods, 1853.
The Maine Woods 1858
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Columbine, most elegant, stood in groups upon the rocks; _Hepatica_ hid under beds of dead leaves; the slender _Uvularia_ was met with here and there; anemone and bloodroot and wild geranium, and many another.
A Red Wallflower Susan Warner 1852
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Campanula with Harebell, Neottia with Ladies'-Tresses, Uvularia with
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 42, April, 1861 Various
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