PVROLA. DECANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 436 



leaves; the other with round, n\ore irre£j:ular leaves, which 

 are thin and rather membranaceous. Thty buili occur, ihoui^h 

 rarely, in the pine woods near Windham, Massachuseus. 



* * * * Flowers somewhat umbellate ; stijles very short, 



Chimapihla. Pursh. 



7. P. mnhellala L. : leaves cuncate-lanceolatc, acule nl 

 the base, serrate, uniforml)' green ; scape corymbcd. IV i 1 1 d. 

 Spec. II, p. 622. Lam. III. t. 367. f. 2. Hot. M:>f;. 778. 

 Mich. Ft. I. p. 251. Bi^. Bost. p. 106. Ejnsd. Med. 

 Bot. II. p. 15. t. 21. Chimai'Hila corymbosa Pursh Fl, 



I. p. 30. C. umbdlata Nutt. Gen, I. p. 274. Bart. 

 Veg. Mat. Med. 1. 1. 1. 



Jioot long, creeping. Ste7n ascending, ligneous. Leaves sem- 

 pervirent, subverticillate, smooth and coriaceous, narrowed at 

 the base into a short petiole, acute ; margin distantly and 

 acutely serrate. iScafte or peduncle 4 — 6 inches long, bearing 

 from 4 — 6 large flowers in an imperfect terminal un^bel, 

 Teeth of the caJyx rather obtuse, dilated. Corolla greenish- 

 ■>vhite, tinged with violet. Siamens nearly as long as the co- 

 rolla ; Jilaments with a dilated violaceous disk near the middle ; 

 anthers spotted, with 2 tubular truncate pores at tlie base, be- 

 coming inverted when the flower is expatided. German ob- 

 tusely conic, surrounded at the base with a glandular ring ; 

 style very shprt and thick, immersed in the depression of the 

 germen ; stigr.ia large, convex, viscous, 5-lobed. Capaule 

 roundish, opening at the summit; margin of the valves desti- 

 tute of a connecting web; rece/itacle 5-lobed. Seeds very mi- 

 nute and numerous, acute at each extremity. 



Hab. In dry woods. July. Piftsissewa or Si/isisscwa. 



This species is also a native of the north of Europe and of 

 Asia. 



8. P. maculaia L. : leaves lanceolate, rounded at the 

 base, remotely serrate, discoloured ; scape 2 — 3-flowered. 

 Wiild. Spec. II. p. 622. Bot. Mag. 897. Mich. Fl. I. 

 p.251. Walt. Car. p. 136. G r o n. l^irg. 48. Chima- 

 PHiLA macidata Pursh Fl. I. p. 300. Elliott SA:. I. p. 

 505. Nxitt. Grn.l.^.'^nfy. B a r t. FL Am. Sept. l.t. 



II. Pluk. Mant. 157. t. 349- f- 4. 



Boot long and creeping. Stem assurgent, 3 — 4 inches high, 

 woody at the base. Leaves sempervirent, subverticillate, on 

 short petioles, sometimes ovate lanceolate, acute, with a longi- 

 tudinal discoloured spot along the midrib, sm"Oth and coriace- 

 ous; margin with remote acute subrepand teeth. Sca/ie ov 

 peduncle about 4 inches long, bearing 2 or 3 flowers in an um- 

 bellate manner ; ficdicels nearly an inch long. Flowers large, 

 fragrant, nodding. Cn/'wr 5 -leaved ; leaflets obtuse, ciliatc. 



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