l, P. aphylla Smith, Leaves scale-like, the stems of'ten reddish; flowers 
dull white tinged with pink, subtending bract 5-10 mm, long, racemes 5-10 
em, long on veduncles 15-20 cm. long; calyx-lobes 22,5 m, long, triangular; 
E petals obovate-cuneate, the uoper two 7-8 mm, long, arching over the stamens, 
the lower 8-10 mm. long; stamens yellowish, anthers 4 mm, long, lightly 
mucronate at the tiv, the filaments 6-7 mm, long; style deflexed, 7-8 mm, 
long; mature capsules flattened-globose,6 mm, in diameter, the pedicels 
decurved, 5-10 mm, long. 
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Cecasional in the dry duff of shaded woods, Rarely with a single Ah 
@eformed leaf much suggesting those of P. picta, 
Ai Pp. picta Smith. Leaves 5-5 cm, long, very leathery, on petioles 2-5 
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em, long, ovace or cllivtical, obtuse, narrowed or rounded at the base, 
wo dark green and somewhat glossy, the principal veins whitish, the margin 
nearly entire; flowers greenish-white tingedwith pink, racemes 5-10 cm, 
long on peduncles 15-20 cm, long, bearing a small bract near the middle, 
each subtended by a broadly ovate bract 5=4 mn, long; calyx lobes 2-2,5 
mn. long, triangular, acute; petals nearly rotund or obovate, subecual, 6-7 
mai. long; stamens yellowish, anthers 4 mm, long, the filaments 6 mn, long; 
style deflexed 8-9 mm, long. 
rrecuent in deep woods throughout our region at lower clevations,. 
