February 6, 1908 II 
all dilated at base, obtusish, sparingly ciliate, mid rib present. 
Petals 5, alternate with the sepals, a little unequal, elliptical, 
obtuse, twice longer than the calyx, with 3-5 longitudinal lines, 
veined, glabrous, a half inch long. Stamens 10, short. Fila- 
ments dilated at base, and nearly a line wide. Anthers wholly 
adnate, two celled, obtuse at apex, opening there rima brevi 
(poro). Ovary globose, 5 (rarely 6) grooved, glabrous. Style 
elongated, incurved at apex, equalling the petals; stigma glo- 
bose, sub 5-lobed. Capsule subglobose, glabrous, 5-valved (rarely 
6-valved), 5 (rarely 6) celled; valvlets ovate, obtuse, convex, 
with a dorsal nerve, opening on the margin. “Placenta central, 
star-like, 5 lobed, the lobes rounded. Seeds many small, ovate, 
the covering membranaceous, thin, reticulato involuta. 
Flowers and seeds of Pyrola; fruit of Kalmia. 
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AN OPINION 
DEAR MUHLENBERGIA: 
I notice with pleasure the editorial remarks concerning the 
use of the Latin language in matter intended for English speak- 
ing people. I also notice the three pages of solid Latin just pre- 
ceding the said remarks. The Latin language has been dead 
some thousands of years, but some belated people have not dis- 
covered the fact. It is time to bury it. The average American, 
two years after he leaves college, can read Latin and Choctaw 
with about equal ease. 
Apropos. The American, except the one man in a thou- 
sand who is an expert, makes quite as much use of the Latin 
lauguage as he does of the French system of measurements. 
Hodge-podge, Latin language and French measures for English 
readers! G. G. 
