ERICACEÆ. LIX. Curmapnma. 
Cult. All the species of Winter-green are very pretty 
when in blossom, but are extremely difficult to cultivate in 
gardens. They grow best in a sandy or gravelly soil, in a 
shady situation. They should be mulched with moss, and a 
pnd glace placed over them. They may be increased by 
ivision. 
LIX. CHIMA’PHILA (from yema, cheima, winter, and 
prev, phileo, to love; the plants are green in winter). 
Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 300. Nutt. gen. amer. 1. p. 274. 
—Chimaza, R. Br. in herb. Banks—Pyrola species, Lin. and 
others. 
Lin. syst. Decdndria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-toothed (f.143. a.) 
Petals 5, at length reflexed (f. 143. b.) Stamens 10 ; anthers de- 
hiscing at the base by 2 holes ; filaments stipitate ; stipes discoid, 
ciliated. Style very short, immersed in the germ. Stigma 
annular, orbicular, (f. 143. d.), with a 5-lobed disk. Capsules 
5-celled, opening from the summit; margins of valves desti- 
tute of tomentum; cells many-seeded. Seeds narrow, scobi- 
form, winged at both ends. Embryo transverse. — Evergreen 
suffruticose plants, with creeping roots. Leaves lanceolate, ser- 
rated, verticillate. Scapes naked. Flowers corymbose, white. 
1 C. corymgòsa (Pursh. fl. amer. sept. 1, p. 300.) leaves 
cuneate-lanceolate, serrated, 4-5 in a whorl; peduncles pubes- 
cent, bearing a 5-6-flowered corymb at top; bracteas linear- 
subulate; appendages of filaments ciliated; style immersed. 
k. H. Native of Europe, Asia, and North America, from 
Canada to Carolina, in sandy and gravelly woods. Pyrdla um- 
bellata, Lin. spec. 468. Sims, bot. mag. 7781. Chimaza um- 
bellata, R. Br. in herb, Banks.—Riv. pent. t. 139. f. 2.—Mor. 
hist. 3. sect. 12. t. 10. f. 5. Root creeping. Plant evergreen, 
frutescent. Leaves green on both surfaces, acutely and dis- 
tantly serrated from the middle to the apex. Flowers corym- 
bose, pendulous, at length erectish, greenish-white, tinged with 
red. Anthers purplish. 
Umbellate-flowered Winter-green. Fl. June. Clt. 1752. 
Pl. 4 to 4 foot. 
2 C. macura ta (Pursh. fi. 
Nutt. FIG. 143. 
amer. sept. 1. p. 300. 
gen. amer. 1. p. 275.) leaves 
lanceolate, acute, with white 
bands on the upper surface 
along the nerve and veins, op- 
posite, or 4 in a whorl; pedun- 
cles downy, bearing a 2-3-flow- 
ered corymb at the apex; brac- 
teoles linear; appendages of 
filaments woolly ; style very 
short. h. H. Native of North 
America, from Canada to Caro- 
lina, in sandy or gravelly woods; 
also on the north-west coast. 
Pyròla maculàta, Lin. spec. 
568. Sims, bot. mag. 897. 
Chimàza maculata, R. Br. in 
herb. Banks.—Pluk. mant. 157. t. 349. f. 4. Plant suffru- 
tescent, evergreen. Root creeping. Stem procumbent at base 
and ascending at apex. Lower surface of leaves red. Pedi- 
cels and calyxes red, clothed with clammy down. Flowers 
pendulous, white. Anthers yellow. This plant is in high 
esteem for its medicinal qualities among the Indians; they call 
it sip-si-sewa. Mr. Pursh tells us, that he has witnessed the 
beneficial effects of a decoction of this plant in a very severe 
case of hysterics; and he says it is a plant eminently de- 
serving the’ attention of physicians. We are also informed 
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that its decoction has proved very serviceable in scrofulous 
diseases. 
Spotted-leaved Winter-green. Fl. June. 
dec. 3 to 4 inches long. 
3 C. Mewzre'su (Spreng. syst. 2. p. 317.) leaves alternate, 
or 3 in a whorl, lanceolate, acuminated, serrated, discoloured ; 
peduncles 2-flowered, glabrous; bracteas broad-roundish ; ca- 
lycine segments elliptic, acute; style distinct. h. H. Native 
of the north-west coast of America, where it was collected by 
Mr. Menzies. Pyrdla Menziésii, R. Br. in herb. Banks ex 
D. Don, in wern. mem. 5. p. 245. Plant suffrutescent, ever- 
green. Root creeping. Stems ascending, red. Pedicels gla- 
brous. Flowers pendulous, white. Leaves deep green above 
and red beneath. ‘This species has a striking resemblance to 
P: maculata, 
Menzies’ Winter-green. 
Clt: 91752." PL 
Plant ascending, 2 to 3 inches 
ong. 
Cult. See Pyrola, for culture and propagation, above. 
LX. MONE'SES (from povoc, monos, alone; flowers solitary 
on the tops of the scapes), Sal. mss. in Gray, brit. arrang. 2. 
p. 403. Pyrdla uniflora, of authors. 
Lin. syst. Decdndria, Monoginia. Calyx 5-toothed (f. 144. a.) 
Corolla 5-lobed (f. 144. b.) Stamens 10, inclinate. Anthers 
dehiscing at the base by two holes; cells of anthers elongated and 
tubular. Stigma 5-toothed (f. 144. f.) Capsule 5-celled; valves 
dehiscing from the apex, destitute of tomentum.—An herb 
with a creeping root. Leaves orbicular, 3 in a whorl, coria- 
ceous, serrated. Scapes 1-flowered. Pedicels bracteate. Flowers 
white. é 
1 M. cranpirrora (Sal. mss. 
in Gray, brit. arrang. 2. p. 
403.) flowers solitary, at the top 
of the scape; cells of anthers 
elongated and tubular; stigma 
acutely 5-toothed ; leaves orbi- 
cular, serrated. uw. H. Na- 
tive of Europe, Asia, and North 
America, in alpine mossy woods; 
in Britain, in alpine woods and 
by the sides of trickling rills; in 
the western islands of Harris 
and Borneras: in a fir wood near 
Brodie House, by Forres. Py- 
rola uniflora, Lin. spec. 568. Fl. 
dan. t. 8. Smith, engl. bot. t. 
146.—Moris. hist. 3. p. 505. 
FIG. 144. 
» sect. 12. t, 10. f. 2.— Riv. mon. 
t. 189. f. 1. Leaves 3, rarely 4 in a whorl, longer than the 
dilated petioles. Scape furnished with an ovate scale above 
the middle. Flowers large, solitary, drooping, white, very 
sweet-scented. Stamens recumbent. 
Great-flowered Winter-green. Fl. June, July. Britain. Pl. 4 
to } foot. 
Cult. For culture and propagation, see Pyrdla, above. 
LXI. CLADOTHA’MNUS (from xndadoc, klados, a 
branch, and @apvoc, thamnos, a shrub). Bongard, in mem. 
acad. petersb. 2. p. 155. t. 1.—Pyrdla fruticosa, Escholz. 
mss. 
Lin. syst. Decdndria Monogynia. Calyx 5-parted. Petals 
5. Stamens 10. Anthers wholly adnate, dehiscing by 2 pores 
at the apex. Stigma globose, somewhat 5-lobed. Capsule 
globose, 5-valved, rarely 6-valved, and ő, rarely 6-celled. 
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