104 AUT. BOT. 



umbilicata. Caulib. ramosis^ florihus racem. 

 secundis» 



723, Orthilia parvifolia Raf. Pyrola se- 

 cunda europea L. <Slc, caule erecto ramoso 

 squamoso, fol. parvis. brevi petiol. ovatis acutis 

 serrulatis, bract. lanceol. acutis pedic. longior — 

 Europa, my specimens from Bavaria, small 

 plant 2 or 3 inches high. leaves minute, scales 

 large similar to bracts, flowers small subsecund. 



724, Ortliilia procumbens Raf. caule pro- 

 cumb. ramoso vix squamoso, fol. ovatis mucro- 

 natis crenatis, petiolis brevis, bract. acutis ped. 

 eq. — Canada, Novanglia, Novebor — the com- 

 mon American sp. miscalled Pyrola secunda by 

 our botanists, quite unliiie the last, niuch larger 

 in all parts, leaves uncial, flowers incarnate. 



725, Ortliilia dentata Raf. caule suberecto 

 vix ramoso, squamoso, fol. ovatobl. utrinque 

 acutis, dentatis subtus glaucis, petiolissubeq. fl. 

 pedic. ad bract. longior — Alleghanies ^«c, blen- 

 ded with last, leaves narrower, petiols longer, 

 flowers smaller. 



726, ODOSTIMA Raf. diff*. Pyrola, cal. 

 4-5part.. obt. petalis 4-5 rotatis, stam. 8-10 bre- 

 vis rectis subeq. antheris subglob. biporosis. ovar. 

 glob. stylo recto brevis teres, stigma nmgnum 

 3-5fid. dentibus ineq. erectis acutis. caps. 3-5loc. 

 6-lOsperma. catdis uhiflor. unisquamato fol. 

 vertic — Types the P//r. uniflora and akin,very 

 distinct habit,5 sp. 2 European and 3 American. 



Odostima caullna Raf. caulescens, fol. opp. 

 ternisque latovatis acutis petiolis equante acute 

 serratis squama obov. ad apice. petalis obtusis 

 — Europa borealis, sent me as P. unifl. 4 to 6 

 inchcs high, leaves semiuncial, flovver said to be 

 yeJlowish and odorous like Convallaria. 



727, Odost. orbiculata Raf. subacaulis, fol. 



