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the last, but raceme fewer-flowered, calyx-lobes oval-tri- 
angular, corolla greenish ; woods ; Switzerland, Dauphiny, 
Pyrenees, rare. PP. secunda, L.; raceme unilateral, leaves 
ovate, acute, crenate-dentate; woods, frequent. 
B. Flowers solitary, large; petals slightly coherent :— 
P. uniflora, L. (Moneses grandifiora, Salisb.) (Fig. 69); 
stigma 5-lobed, leaves nearly round, serrate; moist 
woods, rare. 
C. Flowers in umbels :—P. umdellata, L. (Chimaphila » 
umbellata, Nutt.); flowers in umbels of 5-6, pink; leaves 
in whorls, lanceolate, dentate ; moist woods; Switzerland, 
Vosges, Styria, rare. 
10. MONOTROPA, L. 
Leafless brown parasites on the roots of trees; flowers 
in racemes; petals saccate at the base; calyx-lobes, corolla- 
lobes, and stamens variable in number. Not alpine. 
M. Hypopithys, L. (including glabra, Bernh.), (Hypo- 
pithys multiflora, Scop.), Bird’s-nest ; stem fleshy, whole 
plant yellowish-brown ; fir and beech woods, occasional. 
Ledum palustre, L.; an arctic bog-plant, with white 
flowers in terminal umbels, is reported from Styria. 
Order L.—PLUMBAGINEZ. 
Flowers regular; calyx tubular, 5-lobed; petals 5; 
stamens 5; ovary superior, I-celled; ovule solitary, 
suspended from a long basal funicle; fruit enclosed in 
the persistent calyx-tube. A small widely distributed 
order; the European species chiefly maritime. 
