476 LXXXIII. MONOTROPEX. (C. B. Clarke.) ` [Monotropa. 
shorter than the styles. Flowers drooping about } in. diam., bracts A in., lanceolate, 
amplexicaul ; floral lanceolate, about equalling the pedicels. Petals 1 in. long, orbi- 
cular or obovate, white and pink. Anther-bases obtuse or mucronate. Capsule 1-3 
in. diam. 
Van. rotundifolia proper ` calyx-segments ovate- or oblong-lanceolate. P. rotun- 
difolia, DC. Prodr. vii. 772.— Kashmir, alt. 9-10,000 ft., Falconer, Thomson, Clarke. 
Van. asarifolia; calyx-segments triangular-ovate, leaves usually more obovate. 
P. asarifolia, Mich.; DC. Prodr. vii. 778. Chimaphila sp. Griff. Itin. Notes, 134, n. 
560.—-Sikkim Himalaya, alt. 9-11,000 ft,, J. D. H., Anderson.  Bhotan, alt. 6800 ft., 
Griffith. Khasia Mts., alt. 5-6500 ft., H. f. g T., Lobb.—A. Japanese and American 
form. 
ORDER LXXXIII. MONOTROPEJE. (Dy C. B. Clarke.) 
Parasitic, brown or yellowish leafless herbs, Stem erect, with leafy scales. 
Flowers solitary or racemose, regular. Sepals (sometimes like the scales) 2-6, 
deciduous, imbricate. Petals 3-6 (in the Indian species). Stamens 6-12, 
hypogynous; filaments linear. Ovary free, globose or fusiform, 1-6-celled ; 
style cylindric, stigma peltate ; ovules very numerous on axile or parietal pla- 
cente. Capsule loculicidally 4-6-valved. Seeds very many, minute ; testa often 
loose, produced, saccate; embryo minute, undivided.— Species 10-12, in the 
forests of the N. hemisphere. 
* Anthers peltate, ovary ovoid, placentas axile. 
Flowers solitary. Petals hardly saceate at base . . . . . . 1, Monorropa. 
Flowers racemose. Petals saccate at base . . . . . . . . 2. Hxrorrruvs. 
** Anthers oblong, ovary fusiform, placentas parietal. 
Scape 1-3-flowered. Petals 3,narrow |. . . . . . . . . 98 CHEILOTHECA. 
1. MONOTROPA, Linn. 
Stem l-flowered. Sepals 4, resembling scales. Petals 5-6, obovate-oblong, 
scarcely saccate at base, at length deciduous, Stamens 10-12 ; anthers peltate, 
horizontal, dehiscing by transverse slits. Ovary 5-celled ; ovules very many on 
axile placentae. Capsule 5-celled, 5-valved.—Species 1 or 2, American and 
Himalayan. 
M. uniflora, Linn.; DC. Prodr. vii. 781; Lamk. Ill. t. 362, fig. 1; Don 
Prodr. 151; Hook. Exot. Fl. t. 85; Maxim. Mel. Biol. Dec. xii. 626. M. 
Morisoniana, Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. i. 266; DC. Le: Don Prodr. 152. Mono- 
tropa, Griff. Ic. Pl. Asiat. t. 523. 
Temperate HiMaraxA; alt. 6-8000 ft. Kuasta Mrs.; alt. 4-6000 ft., frequent. 
Disrnis. Corea, Japan, N, America, 
Glabrous, 6-15 in, Scales 3 in., ovate-lanceolate, Flower nodding. Petals $ in. ; 
stamens and stigma nearly level with their summits. Ovary and capsule globose, 
Style at first short, in fruit often 1 in. Filaments pilose below. Fruit erect. 
2. HYPOPITHYS, Scop. 
Flowers in a terminal raceme; bracts scaly. Sepals 4-5, obovate-lanceo- 
late, hyaline, deciduous. Petals 4-5, obovate-oblong, saccate at the base, 
deciduous. Stamens 8-10; anthers peltate, horizontal, dehiscing by transverse 
slits. Ovary 5-celled ; ovules on axile placentæ. Capsule 4-5-celled, loculi- 
cidally 4-5-valved —Species 2 (or 1); throughout the N. hemisphere. 
H. lanuginosa, Nuit. Gen. Am. i. 271; stem raceme and flowers 
pubescent, petals densely hairy within. DC. Prodr. vii, 781. 
