3 Moneses Salisbe Star Flowere 
lierbs with slender rootstocks and persistent leathery Opposite leaves, 
Mlowcers solitary, nodding, sepals 5, Fetals O, white, Stamens 8-10, tubular 
aE the apex. Ovary 43pr S-chambered, the style Straight, erect, with 5 
subulate lobes, at first erect, at length radiating. l'ruit a subglobose 
loculicidal 4-5-valved Capsule, dehiscing from the apex downward, 
le %. uniflora (L.) Gray. Stems slender, creeping, about 10 em. tall, the 
the legves in tufts, 8-12 m, in diameter, rotund-oval, on petioles 3-8 
= ee ae — see 
m1, long, acutely serrate, green and glabrous, dul}; peduncle 5-8 cm, long 
with a solitary bractlet; calyx greenish, the lobes Ovate-oblong, 2.5 mm, 
(Ww 
long, obtuse$ vetals showy-white, starlike, the margins crinkled, ovate, 
narroved at the base, very obtuse; stamens scemingly paired onnosite cach 
lobe, the filaments strongly curved, the anthers pendulous; ovary globose, 
green, the style longer than the ovary, with disc-shaped, 5-lobed stigma; 
capsule erect, 7 mm. in diameter, 
Occasional in dee» shaded woods, commonly on very mossy logs. 
4. Chimephile Pursh, Pipsissewa, 
YG Svergreen herbs with spreading rhizomes and leathery persistent dark green leaves, 
alternate or apparently whorled. Flowers several in terminal corymbs, 
epals 5. Petals 5, white or vink, Stamens 10, the filamonts dilated, the 
rn thi 
anthers tubular at the apex (apparent ‘base due to the inversion), Ovary 
5-chambered, the style short, erect, the stisna peltate, orbicular, Fruit 
a Sevalved loculicidal caosule opening from the apex downward, 
O leaves broadest below the middle, the veins whitishenottled; 
+ flowers 2-3 |. C. Menziesii 
O Leaves broadest above the middle, same color throughout ; 
4 flowers o-8 2. Ce umbellata 
