588 PYROLA. CCLASS X. ORDER I. 



mid-rib and numerous netted veins, equally as prominent on the upper 

 as the under side ; footstalks from one to two inches long, or more, 

 somewhat winged or dilated, more or less channeled above. Stem 

 erect, from six to twelve inches high, angular and twisted spirally, 

 smooth, terminated in a raceme of numerous drooiping Jlowers^ elevated 

 on a short peduncle^ equally on all sides, arising from the axis of a 

 lanceolate bractea, of a pale green colour, longer than the peduncle, 

 and mostly there are several scattered upon the stem. Calyx of five 

 ovate lanceolate teeth, much shorter than the corolla, each three 

 ribbed, persistent. Corolla of five roundish ovate petals, pure white, 

 or pinkish, slightly united at the base. Stamens wiih awl-shaped 

 ^laments, scarcely half as long as the style, bearing rather large yellow 

 two celled anthers, opening with rather large terminal pores. Style 

 straight, or slightly bent downwards from the base, protruded beyond 

 the corolla, with a club-shaped stigma^ having a thick fleshy ring 

 round five projecting points. Capsule orbicular, depressed around the 

 central persistent style, of five acute lobes, five celled, and five valved, 

 bursting from the base at the angles, which are united with white 

 woolly hairs. Seeds numerous, small, invested with a membranous 

 arillus, elongated at each end. 



Habitat. — Woods and shady places, especially in the North of 

 England, Scotland, and in the County of Antrim, Ireland.— 3/r. 

 Templeton. 



Perennial ; flowering in July and August. 



3. P. mi'nor, Linn. (Fig. 668.) Lesser Winter green. Flowers 

 drooping, racemed; leaves ovate, rotundate, slightly crenated ; style 

 straight, as long as the erect stamens, included within the corolla ; 

 stigmas large, of five spreading lobes ; calyx of five broad acute teeth. 



English Botany, t. 158. (bad.)— English Flora, vol. ii. p. 267.— 

 Hooker, British Flora, vol. i. p. 192. — Lindley, Synopsis, p. 175. — 

 P. roxm.— English Botany, t. 2543. 



Root fibrous, with creeping underground scaly stems. Leaves three 

 to six at the base of the stem, ovate, rotundate, often with an obtuse 

 point, and not unfrequently notched, the margins more or less deeply 

 and unequally crenated, quite smooth, of a deep shining green above, 

 a pale dull green beneath, having a mid-rib and branched reticulated 

 veins, equally prominent on the upper side as the under, footstalks 

 dilated, or somewhat winged and channeled above, from one to two 

 inches long. Stem erect, smooth, angularly striated, sometimes spirally 

 twisted, from four to eiglit inches high, terminating in a raceme of 

 numerous drooping flowers, each elevated on a short peduncle, from 

 the axis of a small lanceolate bractea, scarcely as long as itself. Calyx 

 of five short broad acute spreading three ribbed teeth. Corolla white 

 or pinkish, of five roundish ovate concave petals. Stamens as long as 

 the style, with yellow two -celled anthers, opening at the apex with 

 large round pores. Styles short, erect, included within the corolla with 



