Chimaphila,] MONOTROPEiE. 



2. ilf. lanyninnaa : nnhpcppnti-lfinflffl. flnrlhuc mf 



49 

 Mich, Am. v. 1. ».'^ 266. 



PwrsA, 27. ^7W. r. l.jo. 303. ^/fe«, Caro/. v. 1. p. 478. Tbrrey, r. \.p. 430.— Hypo- 

 pithys lanuginosa. Nutt. 



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Hab. Canada. Wood of Portage River. Drummond. N.W. Coast. Menzies. 



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3. M, uniflora; glabra, flore solitario decandro. — L, — Mich. Am. r. \. p. 266. Pursh, 

 FL Am. V. \.p. 303. Elliott, Carol, v. 1. p. 477. Hook. Exot. Ft. t. 85. 



Hab. Shady woods, Canada. Lady Dalhousie. Lake Huron, Dr, Todd. 



5. CHIMAPHILA. Pursh. 



Calyx liber, profunde 3-fidus. Petala 5, concava. Stam. 10. Filamenta erecta, me- 

 dio disco orbiculato hirsuto vel ciliato. Antherce medio aflSxae, basi breviter bicornes 

 poris dehiscentes. Ovarium liberum, 3-lobum. Stylus perbrevis, crassus. Stigma pelta- 

 tum, planum, dilatatum, 5-lobum. Capsula 5-locularis, ab apice dehiscens. Semina 

 minuta scrobiculata. — Suffrutices caulescentes^ ramosce. Folia opposita, subverticillata^ 



m 



nunc alterna, coriacea^ obloiiga^ dentato-serrata. Pedunculi terminales, bracteaii vel nudi^ 

 unijlori vel umbellati* 



1. C umbellata; foliis verticillatis cuneato-lanceolatis serratis immaculatis basi in petiolum 

 perbrevem angustatis, umbella subquinqueflora. — Pursh, Fl. Am. v. I.jd. 30. Nutt. Gen. 

 Am. v.\. p. 274. — Pyrola umbellata. Linn» — Mich. Am. r. \. p. 251. Curt. Bot. Mag. t. 

 778. Bigel. FL Bast, ed, 2. p. 174. Torrey^ Fl. of Un. St. v. 1. p. 435. Don, in fVern. 

 Trans, v. 5. p. 243. 



Hab. Lake Huron. Dr. Todd, Quebec, Mrs. Percival, and to the Saskatchawan and Rocky Moun- 

 tains, in lat. 530. Dr. Richardson, Drummond; also from near the sources of the Columbia {Drum- 

 mond) to the Pacific. Douglas, Dr. Scouler, Mr. Menzies. 



2. C. maculata; foliis subverticillatis lanceolatis acuminatis grosse serratis brevi-petiolatis 

 discoloribus superne variegatis, umbella 3-4-flora. — Pursh, Fl. Am. v. \. p. 300. Elliott, 

 Carol. V. I. p. 505. Nutt. Gen. Am. v. I. p. 275. — Pyrola maculata. L. — Mich. Am, v. 1. 

 j». 231. Bigel Fl. BosL ed. 2. p. 175. 



Hab. This was gathered in the route from New York to Cumberland House Fort, on the Saskatchawan ; 

 but whether in British America, or, as is probable, in the United States, is not mentioned, 



3. C. Menziesii; foliis alternis rarius oppositis seu subverticillatis ovato-lanceolatis acutis 

 serratis discoloribus superne immaculatis, pedunculo bracteato 1-2-floro, stylo distincto. 

 (Tab. CXXXVIII.)— Pyrola Menziesii. Br. in Herb. Banks.— Don, in Wern. Trans. 



Suffiruticosa. Caulis basi decumbens, gracilis, flexuosus, sqnamosus, squamis late ovatis, concavis, 

 membranaceis. Folia subunciam longa, plerumque alterna, coriacea, sempervirentia, brevi-petiolata, acuta, 

 serrata, subtus purpurascentia, supra viridia, unicoloria. Pedunculus tenninalis, bracteatus, plerumque bi- 

 florus ; bracteis late ovatis, concavis, membranaceis, fuscis. Flares msyusculi, nutantes. Calycts lacinis 

 oblongo-lanceolatse. Petala ovalia demum patentissima. Filamenta disco piloso. Stylus quam in 2 

 speciebus precedentibus longior. Stigma planum, margine obscure 5-lobum. 



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