268 GALAĊINEÆ. (GALAX FAMILY.) 
19. MONOTROPA, L. Inpran-Prre. bé 
Calyx of 2-5 deciduous sepals. Corolla 4 — 5-petalous, gibbous at the base, 
deciduous. Stamens 8—10: anthers reniform, opening across the apex. Stigma. 
broad, 4—5-rayed. Capsule ovoid, 8 — 10-furrowed, 4 — 5-celled. Seeds very nu- 
merous, minute. — Stems low, fleshy, white or reddish, scaly. Flowers solitary 
or racemose, nodding. Capsules erect. Herbs parasitic on roots, or decayed 
vegetable matter. 
$ 1. Moyorrora, Nutt. — Stem 1-flowered: sepals 2-4: petals 5: anthers open- 
: ing by 2 chinks : style short and thick. s 
1. M. uniflora, L.— Shady woods, Florida to Mississippi, and northward. 
Aug. and Sept. — Stem smooth, 4'—10' high, white, turning black in drying. 
Flower showy. t4 
$ 2. Hxrorrrvs, Dill. — Stem several-flowered ; the upper flower commonly wih —— 
5 petals and 10 stamens; the others with 4 petals and 8 stamens: sepals as many — — 
as the petals: anthers opening by 2 unequal valves; the smaller one erect: style — 
longer than the ovary. à 
2. M. Hypopitys, L. (M. lanuginosa, Michx.) — Shady woods, Florida 
to Mississippi, and northward. - Aug. — Stems 4!— 8! high, pubescent, reddish. 
ORDER 77. GALACINEJE. (Garax FauirLY.) 
Calyx small, 5-sepalous, persistent. Petals 5, hypogynous, obovate- 
spatulate, deciduous. Stamens hypogynous; the filaments united into 
a 10-toothed tube ; those opposite the petals sterile, the 5 alternate ones 
shorter and bearing a roundish 1-celled anther, which opens across the 
top. Style short: stigma 3-lobed. Capsule ovoid, 3-celled, loculicidally - 
3-valved. Seeds numerous, fixed to the central placenta. 
straight, in fleshy albumen.— A smooth perennial stemless herb, erect 
from a creeping scaly rhizoma. Leaves all radical, evergreen, round- 
cordate, erenate, petioled. Scape (1°-2° high) simple, bearing à long 
spiked raceme of small white flowers. 4 
1 GALAX, L. Ce. 
Characters of the order. 
... l G. aphylla, L.— Open woods on the mountains of North Carolin? 
June and July.— Rhizoma deep red. ae 
 Onpzs 78. AQUIFOLIACEJE. (Horry Fawr) — 
AC Trees or shrubs with alternate simple leaves, and small hite or greet 
