ORD. XVII. BICORNES. 
PYROLA UMBELLATA. UMBEL-FLOWERED WINTER-GREEN. 
SYNONYMA. Pyrola 8 fruticans. Clus. Stirp. Pann. 507. Hist. p. 117. 
Chimaph. umbellata. Brown in Herb. Banks. Pyrola fruticans arbuti 
folio. C. Bauh. Pin. 191; Tournef. Inst. 256; Moris. Hist. 3. sect. 12. 
t.10. f.5. Pyrola folio arbuti. Riv. Pent. t. 139. f. 2. Chimaphila um- 
bellata. Bart. Veg. Mat. Med. U.S. v. 1. t. 1. 17. Pyrola umbellata. 
Lin. Sp. Pl. p. 568; Willd. 2. p.622; Pollich. Palat. n. 389; Hoffm. 
Germ. 144; Krocker Siles.2. p. 14; Roth. Germ. 1.151. v.2. 464; Lam. 
Encycl. 5. p. 744; Persoon. Synop. 1.483 ; Mich. Amer. l. p. 251; Bigel. 
Med. Bot. t. xxi. Bot. Mag. t.778. Chimaphila corymbosa. Pursh. Amer. 
Sept. 1. p. 300. 
Class X. Decandria. Ord. I. Monogynia. 
Nat. Ord. Bicornes, Linn. Ericee, Juss. Monotropee, Nuttall. 
Gen. Char. Calysx in five deep segments. Petals, five. Capsule, superior, 
five-celled, bursting at the angles. Anthers, opening by two pores. 
Sp. Char. Leaves, wedge-shaped, lanceolate, serrated. Flowers, somewhat 
umbellate. Stamens, smooth. Style, immersed. 
THIS beautiful species of winter-green is a native of the United States of 
America, and is also to be met with in many parts of the north of Europe 
and Asia. It is chiefly found growing in shady woods, where it is protected 
from the solar rays, and nourished by a soil formed from the decomposition 
of leaves and other vegetable matter. In the northern parts of America, 
