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green. Scape 5 — 9' high, slender, seldom bracteate, bearing short racemes. 

 Flowers nodding, very fragrant. Pedicels longer than the bracts, but only half 

 as long as the declinate, recurved style. Petals white. July. {See Appendix.') 



§ 2. Stamens erect. Style straight. 



5. P. SECUNDA. Onesided Pyrola. 



Lvs. ovate, acute, subserrate, longer than the petiole; r«c. secund. — In dry 

 woods, Can. and N. States. Stem 2 — 3' high, bearing one or two fascicles of 

 leaves near the summit. ' Leaves broadly ovate, acute at each end, with ap- 

 pressed, pointed serratures. Petioles 1' long. Peduncles scape-like, 5 — 7' high, 

 bearing a 1-sided cluster of 10 — 15 greenish-white flowers. Petals oblong, 

 shorter than the style. June, July. 



6. P. MINOR. SmaUc?- Pyrola. 



Lvs. roundish-ovate, coriaceous, repand-cremilate ; petiole dilated at base, 

 shorter than the lamina; rac. subspicate ; /f^racfe equaling or exceeding the pedi- 

 cel; cal. lobes short, subacute; 5<//. included; stig.b-\6bed. — White Mts., ]N\ H., 

 Mich, and Brit. Am. Scape angular. Leaves mucronulate at apex. Corolla 

 globose, white, slightly tijaged with purple, 



18. M ONUSES. Sali.sb. 



Calyx 5-parted ; cor. 5-partecl, rotate ; sta. 10, regular, 2-spurred 

 at base, at length inverted, opening by 2 pores at apex ; sty. rigid ; 

 stig. peltate, radiately 5-cleft or lobed ; caps. 5-valved, 5-celled, many- 

 seeded. — % Low., simple.! smooth. Lvs. at top of the stem rmmdish, crenu- 

 late, petiolaie, veiny. Peduncle terminal., one-flowered., longer than the 

 stamens. Fls. white. 



M. G.RANDiPLORA. Salisb. (Pyrola uniflora. Linn, and \st edit.) 

 Woods, among mosses, &c., Keene, N. H., Blgelow. Dexter, Jeff. Co., 

 N. Y., Vascyi Brit. Am. Root creeping. Stem ascending, very short. Leaves 

 7 — 9" diam. Scape or peduncle about 3' high, slender, with a bract near the 

 middle. Flower 9" diam. June. 



19. CHIMAPHlLA. 



Gr. X^'f") "inter. ^iXe&j, to love ; equivalent to the English name, Wintergreen. 



Calyx 5-parted; pet. 5, spreading ;" sta. 10; fil. dilated in the 

 middle ; anth. as in Pyrola ; sty. short, thick ; caps. 5-celled, open- 

 ing from the summit ; seeds 00. — Small, sufl'ruticose, evergreen plants, 

 with the habit of Pyrola. Lvs. cauline, serrate, evergreen, opposite or 

 irregularly verticillate. Fls. terminal. 



1. C. UMEELLATA. Nutt. (Pvrola. Linn.) Princess Pine. Pipsissiwa. 

 Lvs. cuneate-lanceolate, serrate, in 4s — 6s; Jls. corymbose; i-racts linear 



subulate ; sty. immersed in the ovary. — TJ. In dr}^ M'oods, flowering in July 

 A common and beautiful evergreen, N. Eng. to Ohio 1 and Can. Leaves in i 

 or more irregular .whorls, 2 — 3' long, i as wide, remotely and distinctly serrate 

 on short petioles, coriaceous, shining, of a uniform dark green color. Pedun 

 cle terminal, erect, 3 — 4' long, bearing 4 — 7 light purple flowers on nodding 

 pedicles 8" long. Both this and the following species are tonic and diuretic 

 Bw. July. 



2. C. MAcrr.ATA. Pursh. (Pyrola. Linn.) Spoiled Winter green. 



Lvs. lanceolate, acuminate, rounded at base, remotely serrate, discolored, 

 opposite or in 3s; ped. corymbose, 2 — 3-flowered ; _^^. woolly. — Can. to Car. 

 Ohio, in sandy woods. Habits much like the last, but it is readil)^ distinguishec 

 by its variegated leaves. Stem 3 — 4' high. Leaves 1 — 2' long, i as wide 

 marked with a whitish line along the midvein and veinlets. Flowers purplish 

 white, on nodding pedicels. June, July. 



