Chimaphila. LXXVllI. ERICACE^. 319 



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

 Flowers nodding, A^ery 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. One-sided Pyrola. 



Lvs. ovate, acute, subserrate, longer than the petiole; rac. 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- 

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

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

 shorter than the stjde. June, July. 



6. P. MINOR. Smaller Pyrola. 



Lis. roundish-ovate, coriaceous, repand-crenulate ; petiok dilated at base, 

 shorter than the lamina ; rac. subspicate ; bracts equaling or exceeding the pedi- 

 cel; cal. lobes short, subacute; sty. included; stig. bAobeA. — White Mts., N. H., 

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

 globose, white, slightly tinged with purple. 



18. MONESES. Salisb. 



Calyx 5-parted ; cor. 5-parted, 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., siviple, smooth. Lvs. at top of the stem roundish, crenu- 

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

 stamens. Fls. white. 



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

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

 JN^. Y., Fc«5fy' 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^'h"' winter, (pi\eo), 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., suffruticose., eroergreen plants., 

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

 irregularly vcrticillate. Fls. terminal. 



1. C. UMBELLATA. Nutt. (Pyrola. Linn.) Prince's Pine. Pipsissiwa. 

 Lvs. cuneate-lanceolate, serrate, in 4s — 6s ; fls. corymbose ; bracts linear- ' 



subulate ; sty. immersed in the ovary. — % In dry woods, flowering in July. 

 A common and beautiful evergreen, N. Eng. to Ohio 1 and Can. Leaves in 2 

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

 on short petioles, coriaceous, shining, of a unilbrm 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. MACui.ATA. Pursh. (Pyrola. Linn.) Spotted Wintergreen. 



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

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

 Ohio, in sandy woods. Habits much like the last, but it is readily distinguished 

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

 marked with a whitish line along the midv'ein and veinlets. Flowers purplish- 

 white, on nodding pedicels. June, July. 



