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ERICACEiE. (HEATH FAMILY.) 
Aug. — Plant 4' -6' high in flower, or sometimes 12' in fruit, tawny 
or tan-color, often red towards the end of the season; occasionally 
there is a smoothish variety which is taken for H. Europaea. 
22. MONOTROPA, Gronov. Indian Pipe. 
Calyx represented by 2 — 4-scale-like deciduous bracts, the low¬ 
er rather distant from the corolla. Corolla of 5 distinct erect 
fleshy petals, which are narrowed below and have a small nectar¬ 
iferous pit at the base. Stamens 10 : anthers short on the thick¬ 
ened apex of the hairy filament, 2-celled, opening by transverse 
chinks. Stigma 5-crenate, beardless. Pod (5-celled) and seeds as 
in the last. — A singular fleshy and scentless herb, white through¬ 
out, the low stems rising in a cluster from a matted mass of fibrous 
roots, with scales like the petals in place of leaves, bearing a sol¬ 
itary terminal flower, which is at first nodding, but becomes up¬ 
right in fruit. (Name from povog, one , and rpoTros , a turn; the 
solitary flower turned to one side.) 
1. JH. imiflora, L. — Deep rich woods, in soil composed of 
decayed wood and leaves. June —Aug. Stems 4'—8' high. 
Order 60. AQUIFOJLIACEAE. (Holly Family.) 
Trees or shrubs , with small axillary 4— 6-merous jlowers, 
a minute calyx free from the 4 — 6- celled ovary and the 4 — 
6- seeded berry-like drupe , the stamens as many as the divis¬ 
ions of the almost or even quite 4 - 6-pelalled corolla and 
attached to their very base. — Corolla imbricated in the bud. 
Anthers opening lengthwise. Stigmas 4 - 6 or united into 
one, nearly sessile. Seeds suspended and solitary in each 
cell, anatropous, with a minute embryo in fleshy albumen. 
Leaves in our genera alternate. Flowers white or greenish. 
Synopsis. 
1. Ilex. Stamens, rounded or obovate petals, and seeds 4, rarely 5. 
2. Prikos. Stamens, rounded petals, and seeds 6. 
. 3. Nemopakthes. Stamens, narrow recurved petals, and seeds 5. 
1. ILEX, L. Holly. 
Parts of the flower throughout in fours, or rarely in fives. Pe¬ 
tals or divisions of the corolla 4, rarely 5, oval or obovate, obtuse. 
