Chimaphila. LXXVIII. ERICACE^. 379 



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. One-sided Pijrola. 



Lvs. ovate, acute, subserrate, "longer than the petiole; raic. 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. Smaller Pijrola. 



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

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

 cel; cal. lobes short, subacute; sty. included; stig.b-\6b&di. — 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-partecl ; 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., simple., smooth. Lvs. at top of the stem roundish., crenvr 

 late., peiiolafe, veiny. Peduncle termin^lj one-flowered^ longer than the 

 stamens. Fls. ivhite. 



M. GRANDiFLORA, Salisb, (Pyrola uniflora. Linn, and 1st edit.) 

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

 N. Y., F«.sey/ 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. CHIMAPHILA. 



Gr. XEi^a, winter, ^iXco), to love; equivalent to the English name, Wintergrun. 



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, evergreeyi plants^ 

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

 irregularly verticillate. Pis. 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 ? and Can. Leaves in 3 

 or more irregular whorls, 2 — 3' long, \ 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. 

 Bio. July, 



2. C. MACLT.ATA. Pursh. (Pyrola. Linn.) Spoiled Wintergreev. 



Lvs. lanceolate, acuminate, rounded at ba.sc, remotely serrate, discolored, 

 opposite or in 3s; ped. cor>'mbose, 2 — 3-flowered ;//. woolly. — Can. to Car,. 

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

 by its variegated leaves. Stem 3 — \' high. Leaves 1 — 2' loiig, \ as wide, 

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

 while, on nodding pedicels. June, July. 



