DICOTYLEDONOUS PLANTS 165 
whorled, leathery, shining, evergreen, on short petioles. 
Flowers fragrant, white or purplish, on a corymb or umbel 
which terminates the stem. Calyx 5-cleft or 5-parted, per- 
sistent. Petals 5, concave, roundish, spreading. Stamens 
10, the filaments enlarged and downy in the middle, the 
anthers somewhat 4-celled, opening when mature by pores at 
the outer end. Style top-shaped, nearly buried in the top of 
the globular ovary. Capsule erect, 5-celled. 
1. C. umbellata, Nutt. Princr’s Pine, Prestiss—Ewa. Branches 
leafy, 4-12 in. high. Leaves spatulate or wedge-oblanceolate, obtuse 
or nearly so, sharply serrate, very green and glossy. Flowers sev- 
eral, umbelled or somewhat corymbed, white or pinkish, the anthers 
violet. Dry woods, especially under pine trees. 
2. C. maculata, Pursh. SporreEp WINTERGREEN. Much resem- 
bles No. 1, but has only scattered teeth on the leaves, which are 
mottled with white on the upper surface and are often broad or 
rounded at the base. Dry woods. 
Il. PYROLA, Tourn. 
Biennial or perennial, almost woody herbs; rootstock slen- 
der and creeping. Leaves mostly radical, with broad petioles, 
evergreen. Flowers in racemes, nodding, on a bracted scape. 
Sepals 5. Corolla usually globose, of 5 free or nearly free, 
roundish petals. Stamens 10, in pairs opposite the petals, 
hypogynous ; anthers as in Chimaphila. Capsule globose, 
5-celled, splitting into 5 valves, the latter usually with downy 
edges. 
1. P. elliptica, Nutt. Sarn-teEar. Scape 5-10 in. high. Leaf- 
blades obovate-oval or elliptical, rather thin, dark green, faintly 
scalloped, almost always lenger than their margined petioles. 
Flowers greenish-white, very fragrant. Rich, usually dry woods, 
especially N. 7 
2. P. rotundifolia, L. RouND-LEAVED WINTERGREEN. Scape 
6-20 in. high. Leaf-blades roundish or oval, leathery, shining above, 
faintly scalloped, often rounded at the base or almost heart-shaped, 
usually shorter than the slightly margined petioles. Flowers white, 
very fragrant. Varies greatly. Usually in dry woods N. 
