1917] Blake,— Varieties of Chimaphila umbellata 241 
ing; sepals usually ovate and longer than broad, from acuminate to 
rounded; capsule 5-6 mm. thick; stigma 2.6-3 mm. broad; New Mexico 
TLSED loys) J 121167 jpeg ee a EER Aon Posie acs) Var. acuta. 
CHIMAPHILA UMBELLATA (L.) Bart. Veg. Mat. Med. U. S. i. 17. t. 1 
(1817); Nutt. Gen. i. 274 (1818).— Pyrola umbellata L. Sp. i. 396 
(1753). P. frutescens Gilib. Fl. Lithuan. v. 195 (1782), a mere renam- 
ing of the European plant. Chimaphila corymbosa Pursh! Fl. Am. Sept. 
i. 300 (1814); Alefeld, Linnaea xxviii. 81 (1856); Rydb. in Britton, 
N. Am. FI. xxix. 32 (1914). C. occidentalis Rydb. l. c. 30 (1914); 
C. corymbosa, C. mexicana, C. acuta Rydb. 1. e. 31. 
Var. genuina. Planta saepius humilior 1.5-2.4 dm. alta (saepis- 
sime ca. 1.5 dm.); folia cuneata apice saepissime obtusa et non 
mucronulata utroque 4-13 (saepissime 8-9) dentibus obtusis praedita 
infra paullum venosa saepius ca. 3.5 cm. (rarius usque ad 5 cm.) 
longa (petiolis inclusis) 0.9-1.7 cm. lata; flores saepissime 3—6 umbel- 
lati rare subracemosi, pedicellis anthesi divergentibus; sepala saepis- 
sime ovata obtusa paullo longiora quam lata plus minusve erosa et 
glandulari-ciliolata; capsula 5-6 mm. diametro; stigma 1.9-2.3 mm. 
latum.— Pyrola umbellata L., as to Eurasian plant. P. frutescens 
Gilib. Chimaphila corymbosa Pursh, as to syn. in part. C. umbellata 
Bart. as to syn. in part; Alefeld, l. c. 78, in part; Rydb. l. c.— Among 
the specimens examined, the following may be cited. SWEDEN: 
Ahus, Kindberg (Fries, Hb. Norm.); Westerwik, 1902, C. Pleijel. 
GerMANy: Driesen, Neumark, Lasch (distr. L. Reichenbach 462); 
pine forests near Spire, Rhenish Bavaria, 1853, F. G. Koch (distr. 
Billot 3655). AusTria-HunGcary: Weisskirchen, Bohemia, 1911, 
Petrak 661; Schleinz and Walpersbach, Kerner 2586; near Giins, 
260 m., Waisbecker (distr. Kerner 2586, in part). SIBERIA: Sagalien, 
Faurie 30 & 610 (Brit. Mus.). Japan: Island of Yezo, Faurie 6791 
(Brit. Mus.), Maximowicz, Albrecht, Miyabe, Tokubuchi, Arimoto. 
Var. cisatlantica. Planta saepius major saepissime 1.5-2.8 dm. 
alta; folia cuneata vel cuneato-obovata vel cuneato-lanceolata acuta 
vel acutiuscula rarissime obtusa mucronulata utroque 6-18 (saepius 
10-12) dentibus saepius acutis praedita (3) 4-7 cm. longa 1-2.2 em. lata, 
venis infra distinctis subprominentibus; flores saepius 4-8 plus mi- 
nusve racemosi rare umbellati saepius pallidi, pedicellis anthesi diver- 
gentibus vel reflexis vel non rare adscendentibus; sepala saepius 
depresso-triangularia vel orbicularia obtusa latiora quam longa, rare 
triangularia longiora quam lata et acuta vel acutiuscula rarissime ovata 
acuminata, glandulari-ciliolata et paullum erosa; capsula 5-6 mm. 
diametro; stigma 2.3-2.5 mm. diametro.— C. corymbosa Pursh, as 
to plant described, and syn. in part; Alefeld and Rydb. Il. ce.— 
Rimouski Co., Que., northern N. B., P. E. I., and N. S. to western 
Ont. and Minn., southward to Va.; also reported from Ga., but no 
specimens examined.— Type from New Brunswick: dry deciduous 
woods, Bathurst, 15 Aug. 1913, Blake 5435 (in Gray Herb.). Other 
specimens examined: QuEBEC: vicinity of Cap-a-L’Aigle, 1905, 
