ERICACEa:. 241 MONOTROPA. 



13. CHIMA'PHILA. 



Calyx 5-parted ; petals 5 ; stamens 10, erect ; anthers fixed 

 by the middle; style very short and thick; capsule 5-celled, 

 opening from the summit. 



Gr. X,fiji*«, winter, and ^iXfiw, to love ; equivalent to the English name, 

 Wintergrecn. Small, suffruticose plants, resembling Pyrola in habit. Stems 

 branching. Lvs. cauline, serrate, evergreen, opposite or somewhat verticil- 

 late. Fls. terminal. Fil. bearing a roundish, hairy disk in the middle. Anth. 

 2-beaked, and opening by 2 pores at base. 



1. C. UMBELL.\'TA. p. Pyrola umbellata. L. 

 Leaves cuneate-lanceolate, serrate, in 4s — 6s ; flowers corymbose ; Iracts 



linear-subulate ; style immersed in the ovary. In diy woods, flowering in 

 July. A common and beautiful evergreen. Leaves in 2 or more irregular 

 whorls, 2 — 3 inches long and one fourth as wide, remotely and distinctly ser- 

 rate, on short petioles, coriaceous, shining', of a uniform dark green color. Pe- 

 duncle terminal, erect, 3 — 4 inches long, bearing 4 — 7 light purple flowers on 

 nodding pedicels 8 lines long. Both tliis and the following species are 

 tonic and diuretic. Bw. July. Per. Prince's Pine. 



2. C. MACULA'TA. p. Pyrola maculata. L. 

 Leaves lanceolate, acuminate, rounded at the base, remotely serrate, discol- 

 ored, opposite or in 3s ; peduncles corymbose, 2 — 3-flowered ; filaments woolly. 

 Habits much like the last, but it is readily distinguished by its variegated 

 leaves. Stem 3 — 4 inches high. Leaves 1 — 2 inches long and one third as 

 wide, marked with a whitish line along the midrib and nerves. Flowers pur- 

 plish white, on nodding pedicels. June, July. Spotted H'inttrgreen. 



Suborder 4. MONOTllOPEiE. 



Ovary fret fiorn the calyx. Leafless lierbf, destitute ofvenlnre. 



14. MONO'TROPA. 



Calyx 4 — 5-sepaled, gibbous at base; corolla 4 — 5-petaled 

 or ; stamens 8 — 10 ; stigma peltate ; capsule 5-celled, many- 

 seeded. 



Gr. fJkovoi, one, and, TgfTr^y, to turn ; because the flowers of some species 

 are all turned one way. Leafless herbs, without verdure, of a pale, uniform 

 hue. Scape scaly, racemose or I -flowered. Pcriantli inferior, regular, 

 oblong, deciduous. Style thick, as long as, or longer than the stamens. 



1. M. uniflo'ra. 



Scape erect, straight, 1 -flowered ; flowers decandrous, erect or cernuous. A 

 fimall, succulent plant, about 6 inches high, yellowish white in all its parts 

 Stem furnished with sessile, lanceolate, semi-transparent leaves, or bracts, and 

 bearing a large, terminal, solitary flower. Common in woods, near the base 

 of trees, on wliose roots it is said to be parasitic. Jii. Indianpipe. Bird's-Jiest. 



2. M. LANUGINo'sA. Mx. Hypopithys lanuginosa. JVu«. 

 ;?crt»)e erect, pubescent above, bearing a raceme of woolly flowers ; bracts 



woolly. "^I'he whole plant is of a tawny wliite, similar to the last. The root 

 is a tangled mass of fibres. Scape G — 10 inches high, with many concave 

 scales, covered with down. Flowers 7 — 12, in a terminal raceme, yellowish, 

 drooping at first, becoming erect. Pedicels 1 — 2 lines long, bracts and floweiB 



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