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18. MONiESES, Salisb. One-flowered Pyrola. 
Petals 5, widely spreading, orbicular. Stamens 10 : filaments 
awl-shaped, naked: anthers as in Pyrola, but conspicuously 2- 
horned at the apex, 2-celled. Style straight, rather short: the 5 
stigmas long and radiating. Pod as in Chimaphila. — A small 
perennial, with the rounded and veiny serrate leaves clustered at 
the ascending apex of the creeping subterranean shoots; the 1 - 2- 
bracted scape bearing a single terminal flower. (Name povos , 
single, and fjaris, desire, probably in allusion to the handsome soli¬ 
tary flower.) 
1. UK* llillIIora. (Pyrola uniflora, L.) — Deep cold woods, 
chiefly northward. June. — Plant 2'-4' high, smooth; the corolla 
h! broad, white or slightly rose-color. — Nearer to Chimaphila than 
Pyrola. 
19. CHOIAPHIIiA, Pursh. Pipsissewa. 
Petals 5, concave, spreading. Stamens 10 : filaments enlarged 
and hairy in the middle : anthers as in Pyrola, but 2-celled, some¬ 
what 2-horned at the apex. Style very short, inversely conical, 
nearly immersed in the depressed summit of the globular ovary : 
stigma broad and orbicular, the border obtusely 5-toothed. Pod, 
&c., as in Pyrola, but splitting from the apex downwards, the 
edges of the valves not woolly. — Low, nearly herbaceous plants, 
with running underground shoots, and evergreen thick and shining 
leaves somewhat whorled or scattered along the short ascending 
stems : the fragrant (white or purplish) flowers corymbed or um- 
belled on a terminal peduncle. (Name from w;in ^ er » an( ^ 
<£iXeo), to love , in allusion to one of the popular names, viz. Win¬ 
ter green.) 
1. C. umbellata, Nutt. (Prince’s Pine. Pipsissewa.) 
Leaves wedge-lanceolate , acute at the base , sharply serrate, not shotted ; 
peduncle 4-7-flowered.— Dry woods, common. June. — Plant4'- 
10' high, leafy, with handsome flowers: petals reddish-white: an¬ 
thers violet. 
2. C. maculata, Pursh. (Spotted Wintergreen.) Leaves 
ovate-lanceolate , obtuse at the base , remotely toothed, the upper surface 
variegated with white; peduncles 1-5-flowered. — Dry woods, not 
common except in the Middle States. June, July. — Smaller than 
the last, the blossoms less fragrant. 
