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two celled, each cell opening by a short, round, 
tubular orifice, which points downward in the bud; 
but upward in the flower. Pollen white. Germ 
roundish, depressed, furrowed, obscurely five lobed, 
with a funnel shaped cavity at top. Style straight, 
half as long as the germ, inversely conical, insert- 
ed in the eavity of the germ, and concealed by the 
stigma. Stigma large peltate, convex, moist, ob- 
scurely five rayed. Capsules erect, depressed, five 
celled, five valved, the partitions from the middle” 
of the valves. Seeds linear, chaffy, wey numerous 
and minute. 
This plant, like the other species of Pyrola, is 
very difficult to cultivate, when transplanted from 
its native soil; although it thrives luxuriantly in 
the shade and rich mould of ows — where it 
originates. | _ 
The leaves of Pyrola umbellata, when chewed, 
communicate to the mouth a taste which partukes 
of both sweet and bitter. The stalk and roots 
possess the same taste, combined with a moderate 
degree of pungency. A Dissertation “De Pyrola 
umbellata,” published at Gottingen, by Dr. Wolf, 
in 1817, coutains an elaborate chemical examina- 
tion of this plant. As the result of his trials, this 
author concludes, that 100 parts of Pyrola umbel- 
lata contain about 48 of a bitter extractive princi- 
