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MONOTROPEiE. 



[Monotropa. 



Hab. Nutka Sound, N.W. Coast. Mr Menzies. — A solitary specimen of what i take to be this plant, I 

 possess from Mr. Meuzies, but I feel almost inclined to unite it with the preceding, diiFering, as it does, only 

 in the more secund and raore numerous flowers, and in the shorter leaves more abrupt at the baso, with 

 some obscure pale blotches on the upper side, and a reddish tint beneath. 



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W. P, aphylla; foliis nullis, scapo basi squamato squamis lanceolatis membranaceis, ra- 

 cenio elongate subsecundo, antberas poris tubulosis, stylo deflexo flexuoso, stiginate arirui- 

 lato disco dentibus 5 elongatis erectis. (Tab. CXXXVII.) — Sm, in Rees' CycL — Don^ in 

 Wern, Trans, v. 5. p. 227. 



Annua. Radix repens, ramosa, fibrosa, fibris tomentosis. Folia omnino nulla! Scopns erectus, pedalis, 

 simplex, angulatus, iuferne prsecipue squamis lanceolatis erectis in axillis non raro gemiaiferis, superne spi- 

 raliter tortus. Racemus terminalis, elongatus, subsecundus; floribus majusculis nutantibus. Pedicelli lon- 

 gitudine florum, basi bractea parva munita. Calycis laciniie ovatse acutse, petalis ovalibus concavis patu- 

 Hs 3-plo breviores. Stamina sursum inclinata. Filamenta basi dilatata. AnthercB oblongse basi acutre, 

 • medio et lateribus sulcatse, superne cornibusduobus brevibus apice poro dehiscentibus. Ovarium globosum ; 

 stylo arete deflexo flexuoso, apice annulate, disco deatibus 5 erectis. 



Hab. North-West Coast il/r. iJfenzicj. Fort Vancouver. Dr. Scouler. Plentiful in the dark shady pine 

 woods among Hypnuniy from Cape Mendocino to Puget Sound: it does not exist beyond 100 miles from 

 the Coast. Douglas. 



Tab. CXXXVII.— JF'?^, 1, Flower;^^. 2, 3, Stamens; fig. 4, Capsule; fig. 5, ^^hpxiSii—magnificd, 



3. PTEROSPORA. Nutt. 



CaL 5-phyllus. Cor. nionopetala, ovata, 5-dentata. Stam. 10. AnthcrcB calcaratse. 

 Capsula urabilicata, 5-locularisj 5-valvis. Semina apice alata. — Herba hrunnea^ viscido-hir- 

 suta. Folia squamiformio . Flores racemosi, LindL 



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], P. Andromedea, — NutL Gen. Ain. v. l.p, 269. LindL Colled. Bot. L 5. Torrey^ FL of 

 ' Un. St. V. I. p. 429. — Monotropa procera. Torrey, in Eat Mem. of Bot. ed. 2. p. 324. 



Hab. Upper Canada, near the Falls of Niagara. Mr. C. Whitlow (in Nutt.) Near Quebec. Mr. Goldit. 

 Mrs. PercivaL Mrs. Skeppard. Saskatchawau. Dru7nmond. High mountains of the Grand Rapids of the 

 Columbia, in shady pine woods, Douglas. 



4. MONOTROPA. L. (Monotropa et Hypopithys, Nutt.) 



Cal. 0. Cor. 4-5-petala; petalis basi cucuUatis. Stam, 8-10 hypogj-na, Afitherce trans- 

 versae, 1-loculares, bilabiatse. Stigma peltatum. Caps. 4-5-]ocularis5 4-5-valvis. Semina 

 numerosa, scrobiculata. — }\idvheeparasitic(je^ aphyllce^ succulentcB^ siccitate nigresceJites, scapis 

 sqnarnosis^ raceinosis vel unifloris. 



1. M, Hypopithys; glabra, floribus racemosis. — Linn.- — EngL Bot. t. 713. Pursh^ FL 

 Am. V. I. p. 303. Torreyj FL of Un. St. ^;. 1. p. 431. — Hypopithys Europ^ea. Njitt. Gen. 

 Am, V. 1. p. 271. 



Hab. On the roots of Bircli (Pursh); in the Pine Forests (^Nutt.) of Canada. — I hare never seen Canadian 

 specimens of this species; and Dr. Torrey seems of opinion that the following must have been taken 

 for it. 



