DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Mylocarium. s 
pedicello breviores, albidae, apice ferruginezm. Pedi- 
celli filiformes, rubelli, medio bibracteolati. Bracteo- 
le subulate. Flores albi, suayeolentes, Calyx mi- 
nimus, viridis, albo-marginatus : laciniis subrotundis, 
* Petala. oblongo-obovata, obtusa, subunguiculata: un- 
guibus erectis : lamine concave, patentes. Filamenta 
receptaculo inserta, 5. alterna longiora, corolla vix 
breviora, inferne dilatata, crassa, superne subulata, 
4Anthere subrotunde, ava. Germen prismatico-3- 
4-gonum, viride, Stigma sessile, crassum. Capsula 
magnitudine et figura Po/ygoni Fagopyri, 8—4-alata, 
4-locularis, Semina solitaria. 
369. MONOTROPA. Gen. pl. 737. 
1. M. scapo spicifloro, squamis floribusque extus glabris ; 
floribus lateralibus octandris. — Willd. sp. pl. 2. 
$m 
Icon. Fl. dan, 232. Engl. Lot. 69. Moris. hist. 3, s. 12. 
t, 16. f. 20. Pluk. alm. t. 209. f. 5. 
` Parasitic, on the roots of beech and other trees, in shady 
moist places: Canada to Pensylvania. X. June, July. 
v.v. The whole plant is of a brownish-yellow ap- 
pearance ; it is smaller than the European species. 
2. M. scapo spicifloro, bracteis floribusque undique lanugi- 
pen oo a: Jl. amer. 2. p. 266. B: E 
In similar places: Pensylvania to Carolina. X. July. 
v.v. Of alighttan-colour, —— 
3. M. scapo breviore crasso unifloro, squamis approximatis, 
flore cernuo decandro.— Willd. sp. pl. 2. p. 573. excl. 
syn. Moris. 
Icon. Pluk, alm. t. 209. f. 2. Catesb. car. 1. t. 36. bona. 
- In similar situations: New York to Carolina. 3/. May, 
June. v.v. In general it appears in large clusters grow- 
ing together; the whole plant is white. 
:- 4. M. scapo elongato rectissimo unifloro, squamis distanti- 
bus, flore erecto decandro.— Mich. fl. amer. 1. p. 260. 
Icon. Moris, hist. 3. s. 12.. t. 10. f. 5. bona, 
- In shady woods: Virginiaand Carolina. 2. June. v. v. 
"The flower is larger than No. i; frequently with 
twelve stamina. 
Hypopithys. 
lanuginosa, 
morisonianc. 
