504 DECAl^DniA BIONOGYNiA* 



Tacemis spjcatis : bracteis 1 mifJemeath ; racenies- 

 flores superantibus. | spiked ; bracteas longer 



than the flc^wers, 



Mich. 1. p. 260. Pursh, 1. p. 302. 



A small tree. Leaves lar^e, on loag petioles, obtuse, never cu* 

 neate at base. Spikes before flowering bristling on all sides with the 

 long bracleas ; these by culture frequently disappear, 



. Grows on d)e high mountains of Carolina, 

 Flowers 



PYROUi. Gen. pl. 572. 



Calyx Sr-partitus. Pe- I Calyx 5 parted. Petals 

 iala 5. ^tynis stamini- 5. !siylc longer than the 

 biis longior. rnpsula 5- | stamens. Capsuled cell- 

 loMilaris, angulis dehis- ed, opening at the angles. 



cens. 



1. ROTUNDIFOLIA. 



P, foliis rotuhdatis, ob- | Leaves nearly round, ob 



solete sen-ulatis ; spica 



pike 



floribus undique veisis ; with the flowers on eve- 

 pistiilo declinato. | ry side ; pistil declined. 



Mich. 1. p. 251. Pursh, 1. p. 299. Sp. pl 2. p. 621. 



A small, perennial, creeping ? plant. Leaves near the surface of 

 the ground, perennial, coriaceous, sometimes obovate. Spike G— lO 

 inches long. Corolla white. Stigma rotate, with 5 tubercles- 



i^rows m dry, stony or sandy soils, from Canada to Carolina- 



Flowers 



CHIMAPHILA. PunsH. 



Calyx 5-partitus. Pe- \ Calyx .^-parted. Pe- 



taia 5. Stigjua sessile, j tals 5. Stigma sessile, 



crassum, orbiculatum. | thick, orbicular. Anthers 



Mthem rostratje, fma- 1 beaked, opening through 



inine subbivalvi dehis. | a ^valvedanerrure. Cnp- 



centes. Capsula 5-\om^ | snle 5 celled, opening i^ 



Uus, anguLs dehiscens. the angles.. 



