3. Pyrola (Tourn. ) Te Wintergreen. 
besemmted herbs with slender stolonifsrous rootstooks and persistent 
leathery leaves which are mainly basal. Flowers in racemes on slender erect 
bracteate scapes, nodding. Sepals and petals 5. Anthers often tubular at the 
apex (the apparent base, due to inversion). Stamens 10, the filaments declined. 
Ovary 5-chamberedj,the style usually declined and curving, rarely erect, straight, — 
the apex enlarged, forming a nerrow collar near the tip below the more or less. 
lobed stigna. @mip-a-fstobea, (5-valved/ leouttete® capsules, opening fran the 
base upwards, the edges cobwebby. “i 
O Leaves all scale-like, the proper basal leaves wanting 
4 or very small L Pe aphylla 
0 Leaves scale-lixe or nearly wanting on the scape, ovate 
4 or rotund at the base 
& Principal veins of leaves mottled with pale green 2. Pe picta 
2 Leaves the same color throughout 
Bracts prominent, reddish purple, 5-15 mn. 
g ¢ hones at least the lower ones longer than 
the pedicels; flowers purple 
en Se oe a eres — 
&@ Stamens yellow; sepals 3.54 mm. long J. Pe bracteata 
@ {, Stamens purple; sepals 2-2.5 mm. long 4.P. ulizginosa 
Bracts 5-5 mm. long or less, shortor than the 
pedicels; flowers greenish or white except ; 
8 of P. minor which are sometimes pinkish { 
6 Leaves bright green, ovate, acute » thin, veiny s+ P. secunda 
(, Leaves dull green, oval or rotund, fim, not 
JO markedly veiny 
@ Style straight, erect, 2 mm. long 6 P. minor 
> tanebile Lali tamil 
& Style declined and curving, 5-10 mm. long 
/Q Leaves rotund or breadly ovate, 122.5 
14 cme in diameter, subentire 7. Pe chlorantha 
/~ Leaves oval, 2=4 om. long, crenate SB Pe elliptica 
