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top, lanceolate, evergreen; flowers in terminal umbels, flesh- 

 colored, the anthers violet. The whole plant has a bitter taste, 

 and is valued in medicine. June. 

 C. maculata (L. ) Pursh. SroTTKD Wintergrkkn. Rare. Mid- 

 land woods, Oxford, Coville. Mt. Prospect, Millspaugh. 

 East of Cohocton, on the edge of the swamp, Lucy. The only 

 stations. Much resembles the preceding and grows in the same 

 situations. Leaves, mottled with white. 



MONESES Salisb. 

 M. uniflora (L. ) A. Gray. One-flowered Pyrola. Very rare. 

 The Tower woods, Oxford, 1886, Coville. {M. grandijtora 

 Salisb. ) 



PYROLA L. 

 P. secunda L. One-sided Pyrola. Low Shinleaf. Common 

 in dryish woods, frequently in the shade of coniferous trees. 

 Leaves small, ovate; flowers greenish-white, in one-sided ra- 

 cemes ; styles straight. June. July. 



P. chlorantha Sw. False Wintergreen. Common in open, up- 

 land woods. Not reported from the Chenango valley. Flowers 

 greenish-white, larger than in the preceding, nodding, the styles 

 declined and curved. Our commonest Pyrola. June. July. 



P. elliptica Nutt. Shinleaf. Common in dry, rich, shaded 

 soil. Resembles P. chlorantha, but wnth white, fragrant flow- 

 ers, which open later. July. 



P. rotundifoUa L. Round-leaved Wintergreen. Common in 

 rich woods. Flowers, nodding, white, fragrant, in a long ra- 

 ceme. July. 



MONOTROPACE.^. 



PTEROSPORA Nutt. 



P. Andromedea Nutt. Pine Drops. Very rare. A single spec- 

 imen found under a white pine in upland woods, southeast of 

 Fitch's Bridge, Chemung county, July, 1892, Lucy. 



MONOTROPA L. 



M. uniflora L. Indian Pipe. Corisk Plant. Pine-sap. Com- 

 mon in the eastern part of our range ; infrequent or rare west of 



