218 HOLLY FAMILY. 



20. PYROLA, WIXTEHGRKKX, SlIIX-LKAF. (Old name, .liminu- 

 live of /'i/nis, ihc IVar-tree, the application not obvious.) Flowers mostly 

 greenish-white, in summer.) 



* Flowir* niidilinif. tin /iitit/* jxirilij r.r]>a/linr/, the hanging sfi/le more or less 



curt'iil, tijijinl iriili a. narrow sli'/ma, and stamens ascending. 



P. rotundif61ia. Damp or sandy wood- ; has thick and shining round 

 lea\e> on short petioles, ma ii \ -dowered raceme, and blunt anthers : a variety in 

 lio^s has rose-purple flowers. 



P. elliptica. Rich woods N. ; has thinnish and dull upright leave- on 

 rather long and margined petioles ; the greenish-white tlowers nearly as in the 

 preceding. 



P. Chlorantha. Open woods X. ; smaller, the scape only 5'- 6' high, with 

 a few grceni>h. white (lowers, thick but dull roundi.-h leaves only 1' long, and 

 anther- .-hort-liorned. 



* * flowers all turned to one sidt>, rather spreading than nodding, the petals con- 



niriiuj, stamens and style straight, stigma large and 5-rayed. 



P. secunda. Rich woods N. & E. : slender, 3' - 6' high, with thin ovate 

 lea\es and dense spike-like r.ic 'inc. 



21. MONESES, OXE-FLOWERED W1XTERGREEX. (Xame, from 



the Greek, refers to the solitary (lower.) Flowering in early summer. 



M. imiflora. Cold woods N. E. : with roundish and serrate veiny leaves 

 alu MII V Ion-, -cape >.' -4' high, and rather large white or rose-colored (lower. 



22. CHIMAPHILA, TIPSISSEWA or PHIXCES-PIXE. (Xamc 

 from Greek, means l,,r- ,,/' irini<r, \ c. Wintergreen ) Plants of dry wood,, 

 branched at base, 3' - 10'' high, with fragrant wax-like mostly flesh-colored 

 (lowers, in early summer. 



C. umbellata, COMMON P. Leaves wedge-lanceolate, sharply serrate, not 



spotted ; flowers 4-7, with violet-colored anthers. 



C. maculata, SI-OTTICD P. Lower, 3' -6' high, with ovate-lanceolate 

 remotely toothed leaves blotched with white, and 1 - :> tlowers. 



23. MONOTROPA, 1XD1 AX PIPE. (Name from the Greek, refers to 



the flower or summit of the stem turned over to one side, or hanging : in 

 fruit it straightens.) F'l. summer. 



M. uniflbra, <'C,\IM,,\ INDIAN PIIM; or Coursic-pi. VNT ; in rich woods , 

 smooth, waxy-white all over, 3' - 6' high, with one rather lar-e nodding flower 

 of' ."> petals and ID stamen-. 



M. Hypopitys, PINK-SAP or FALSK P.i.i.m-i.uors ; in Oak and Pine 

 woods; rather downy, tawny or reddish, fragrant, 4' -12' high, with several 

 smallish tlowers in a scaly raceme, having 4 petals and 8 stamens, or the upper- 

 most "> petals and ID stamen-. 



65. AQUIFOLIACEJE, HOLLY FAMILY. 



Trrc- r -limbs, with ;illonialc. simple Imvrs, small mostly po- 

 IvganiiMis or (lid-cjoiis axillary flowers, lia\ inir divisions of the five 

 calyx, petals (the-e almo-t or <|iiite diMinet), >tainens (alternate, 

 with petal-), and cells of the ovary of the same number (4-6 or 

 even ',), and I'ruit. berry-like, containing 4-G single-seeded little 

 slones. Solitary ovule hanging from the (op of each cell. Sessile 

 Btigmas 4 6, or united into one. Flowers white. 



i\i:.Moi'A\Tj[i:s CANAPKNSIS, sometimes called MOUNTAIN HOL- 

 I.Y, shrub with slender petals and large dull red berries, in cold 

 woods or bogs N., is (he only representative besides the species of 



