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lineares, plani, basi late dilatati. Scapi erecti, digitales 

 rarius palmares, ramosi, pilis glanduliferis parce obsiti. 

 Flores laxo paniculati. Pedicelli dichotomi calycesque 

 pube glutinosa tecti. Lacinia calycince triangulari-ovata?, 

 acuta?. Pctala elliptica, acuta, trinervia, alba, basi punc- 

 tis binis flavis minutis munita. 



There are many fine specimens of this very distinct and little 

 known plant in the Herbarium of the celebrated Pallas, in die 

 possession of A. B. Lambert, Esq. Some botanists have sup- 

 posed this plant to be nearly allied to S. cuneifolia ; and a slight 

 variety of this is cultivated in the gardens under the name. 



47. «S. pyrolifolia, foliis ovalibus coriaceis petiolatis glabris ni- 

 tidis crenatis, rloribus paniculatis, petalis linearibus. 

 Habitat in Kamtschatka (Merk), in insula owe occiden- 

 tal America? borealis Unalaska dicta (David Nelson). 

 V- . (v. s. in Herb. Banks, et Pallas, nunc Lamb.) 



Species distinctissima. Pyrolam refert. Radix Lignosa, pa- 

 tens, fusca, fibris instructa, superne rudimentis foliorum 

 emarcidorum tecta. Folia ovalia, coriacea, petiolata, 

 utrinque glabra, supn\ nitida, reticulata, margine crenata. 

 Petioli breves, dilatati, margine membranacei, ciliati. 

 Scopus adscendens, 5-pollicaris, pilis glanduliferis leviter 

 adspersus. Flores coarctato-paniculati, parvi, albi. Pedi- 

 celli multiflori calycesque pube brevi glutinosa obsiti. 

 Lacinia: calycince brevissimae, obtusae. Petala linearia, 

 ealyce longiora. Filament a pallida. Anthercc Aavae. Styh 

 recti. 



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