268 r,Ai>ACixr,E. (galax fa^iily.) 



19. MONOTPlOPA, L. iNDiAx-riPE. 



Calyx of 2 - 5 deciduous sepals. Corolla 4 - 5-pctalous, {jihbous at the hasQ^ 

 deciduous. Stamens 8- 10: anthers rcniform, opening across the apex. Stigma 

 broad, 4 - 5-rayed. Capsule ovoid, 8 - 10-furrowcd, 4 - 5-cclled. Seeds A-ery 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. MoNOTUOPA, Nutt. — Stem \- flowered: sepals 2-4 : petals 5 : anthers open- 

 ing 1)1/ 2 chtnfcs : style short and thick. 



1. M. uniflora, L. — Shady woods, Florida to Mississippi, and northward. 

 Aug. and Sf-pt. — Stem smooth, 4'- 10' high, white, turning black in drying. 

 Flower showj-. 



4 2. Hypopitys, Dill. — Stem several-flowered; the upper flower commonly with 

 5 petals and 1 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. 



2. M. Hypopitys, L. (M. lanuginosa, 3/ic^.) — Shady woods, Florida 

 to Mississippi, and northward. Aug. — Stems 4'- 8' high, jiubescent, reddish. 



Ordek 77. GALACINE-^. (Galax Family.) 



Caly.x small, 5-sopalous, persistent. Petals 5, hypogynous, obovate- 

 spatulate, deciduous. Stamens hypogynous ; the filaiueiits united into 

 a 10-toothecl tube; those opposite the petals sterile, the ij 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. Embryo 

 straight, in fleshy albumen. — A smooth perennial stcmli'ss lierb, erect 

 from a cree2)ing scaly rhizoma. Leaves all radical, evergreen, round- 

 cordate, crenate, petioled. Scape (l°-2'*high) simple, bearing a long 

 spiked raceme of small white flowers. 



1. GALAX, L. 



Characters of the order. 



1 . G. aphylla, L. — Open woods on the mountains of North Carolina. 

 June and July. — Uliizoma deep red. 



Qui. Kit 78. AQUIFOLTACEiE. (IIoi.ly Family.) 



Trees or slirnbs, with altcrnalc siinph^ leaves, and small white or green- 

 ish flowers. — Calyx 4 -n-tootlicil. Coi-oUa hypogynous, rotate, 4-9- 



