460 MONOTROPACEAE 
nodding flower, Stamens 10; pistil straight, the stigma 5-lobed. Calyx 
lobes and petal lobes each 4 or 5, generally 5. 
M. uniflora, (L.) A. Gray. (Fig. 3, pl. 113.) ONE-FLOWERED WIN- 
TERGREEN. Stem with a few whorls of leaves at base. Flower stem 2 to 
4 in. high. Flower about 4 to ~ in. broad, shallow cup-shaped. Woods, 
common. June-Aug. 
3. CHIMAPHILA, Pursh. 
Small herbs, with shining, thick leaves, which are coarsely toothed at 
borders, growing near the ground. Flower stem with a few flowers in a 
spreading umbel-like cluster. Calyx lobes and lobes of corolla each 5. 
Stamens 10. Ovary 5-lobed. 
1. C. umbellata, (L.) Nutt. (Fig. 6, pl. 113.) Prince’s PINE. 
Leaves green, shining, long, broader toward apex, the apex blunt. Woods, 
common. June-Aug. 
2. C. maculata, (L.) Pursh. (Fig. 8, pl. 113.) Sporrep WINTER- 
GREEN. Leaves 2-colored, long and narrow, broader toward the base and 
tapering toward the apex. Woods, common. June-Aug. 
Famity III.—MONOTROPACEAE. InpIAN Pipe FAMILY 
Low herbs, without green foliage, growing mostly as parasites 
from the roots of trees in dark shady places. Leaves reduced to 
scale-like bracts. Flowers regular, white; stamens 6 to 12. Petals 
3 to 6; calyx 3 to 6 parts. Ovary above the calyx and corolla, 
4- to 6-lobed. 
Corolla egg- or bell-shaped . . . . . . +. # Pterospora 
Corolla of several parts. 
Flowers solitary . . . . .« . . »  #Monotrope 
Flowers. several... a¢p) wi ee) a0) on, au ol 
1. PTEROSPORA, Nutt. 
A reddish or purple leafless plant, woolly, consisting of a slender seape, 
from which hang rounded bells or globose fruit, arising from a rounded 
mass of roots. Calyx 5-parted; corolla with 5 lobes; stamens 10; capsule 
5-lobed. 
P. andromedea, Nutt. (Fig. 5, pl. 118.) Pine Drops. Scape 6 to 
30 in. high, with from 12 to 50 or more nodding white flowers. In rich 
woods; rare- June-Aug. 
2. MONOTROPA, L. 
White, suceulent parasitic herb, without leaves, but with white or 
yellowish bracts along the stem and with a solitary nodding flower which 
at length becomes more or less upright. Sepals 2 to 4; petals 5 or 6; 
stamens 10 to 12. Ovary 5-celled. 
M. uniflora, L. (Fig. 4, pl. 118.) Inpran Pipe. Scapes generally 
in clusters, 4 to 6 in. high, surmounted by the nodding white bell-shaped 
flower about 1 in. long. In rich woods. June-Aug. 
