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petioles short, 2-6 mm. long; leaves coriaceous, oval or oblong-ovate, 

 slightly undulate or entire, acute at apex and aristate, rounded or 

 cuneate at base, glabrous or nearly so above, densely tomentose 

 beneath with matted hairs, 2.5-5 cm. long; bracts prominent, acute 

 or acuminate, the lower foliaceous; fruit cuneate at base, the lower 

 short-pedicelled, densely silky, becoming glabrate; calyx-teeth promi- 

 nent and close to the base of the styles. {G. flavescens palmeri 

 Wats.) 



Rather frequent in the upper portions of the chaparral belt of 

 the San Antonio and Cuyamaca Mountains. January. 



la. G. veatchii undulata Eastw. Leaves elliptic or elliptic- 

 ovate, obtuse or aristate at apex, cuneate at base, the margins 

 undulate; fruit densely clustered, concealing the upper bracts; 

 calyx-teeth hidden in dense wool and some distance below the base 

 of the styles. 



Occasional on Mount Wilson and Mount Lowe. 



2. G. pallida Eastw. Leaves ovate to ovate-lanceolate, acute 

 and with a recurved mucro, entire, sparsely silky-pubescent be- 

 neath, with straight upwardly appressed pubescence; racemes short; 

 bracts about 3 mm. long; calyx-teeth close to the base of the styles 

 and concealed in the young fruit by dense hairs. 



Santa Ana Mountains, where it was collected by the author on 

 the trail to Santiago Peak. 



Family 77. PYROLACEAE. Wintergreen Family. 



Low mostly very green perennials, with branched 

 rootstocks, simple petioled leaves, and nearly regular 

 white or purple perfect flowers, racemose, solitary or 

 corymbose. Calyx 4-5-lobed. Corolla very deeply 

 4-5-parted, or of 5 distinct petals. Stamens twice as 

 many as the divisions of the corolla, the anthers introrse 

 in the bud, inverted at anthesis, opening by pores or 

 short slits; pollen grains in 4's. Ovary superior, 4-5- 

 celled; style short or slender, often declined; stigma 

 5-lobed or 5-crenate; ovules very numerous, anatropous. 

 Capsule loculicidally dehiscent. Seeds very numerous, 

 minute, the loose cellular coat much larger than the 

 almost undifferentiated embrj^o. 



Flowers racemose. 1. Pyrola. 



Flowers corymbose. 2. Chimaphila. 



