ERICACEAE 173 



Leaves 1 to 2 inches in diameter, obscurely serrulate, reticulately veined. Scape 

 5 to 10 inches high, with clasping bracts at base, and 2 or 3 distant ovate-lanceolate 

 ones above; raceme 2 to 3 inches in length; pedicels % of an inch long, with a 

 lanceolate bract at base of the same length; flowers white, often with a reddish 

 tinge, nodding, fragrant. 

 Hob. Rich woodlands : frequent. Fl. Juno, Fr. August. 



2. P. elliptica, Nutt. Leaves oblong-oval, thinnish and not 

 shining, usually longer than the winged petiole. 



ELLIPTIC PYROLA. Shin-leaf. 



Leaves 1% to near 3 inches long, plicately serrulate, decurrent on the petiole. 

 Scape 4 to 6 inches high, acutely angular, naked, or with a single slender bract: 

 raceme 1 to 2 inches long; pedicels 2 or 3 lines in length, shorter than the subulate 

 bract at base; flowers white, with a greenish tinge. 

 Hob. Woodlands: common. Fl. June. Fr. August. 



Obs. The leaves are a popular application to sores, as the com- 

 mon name would indicate. 



tf Style straight; stigmas confluent with (lie peltate ring. 



3. P. scciuula, L. Leaves ovate, thinnish, about twice as long 

 as the narrow petiole ; raceme secund. 



ONE-SIDED PYROLA. 



Root stoloniferous. Stem decumbent, 1 to 2 or 3 inches high, leafy above, with 

 pmall lanceolate scales below. Leaves an inch to an inch and half long, mucro- 

 nate, serrate. Peduncle terminal, scape-like, 3 to 6 inches in length, with 2 or 3 

 lanceolate bracts at base, and distant appressed ones above ; raceme 1 to 2 inches 

 long ; pedicels 2 to 3 lines long, all turned to one side, each with a lanceolate bract 

 at base scarcely as long as the pedicel; flowers greenish white ; petals oblong. 

 Hob. Hilly woodlands : not common. Fl. July. Fr. Sept. 



247. C HIM A'PHIL-A, Pursh. 



[Or. Cheima, winter, &ndphileo, to love; being bright green all winter.] 

 Petals spreading, broadly and roundish-obovate. Stamens 10 ; fila- 

 ments dilated, hairy ; anthers 2-celled, inverted in the bud, somewhat 

 2-horned at apex. Style very short, obconic, immersed in the de- 

 pressed summit of the ovary ; stigma peltate, broad, orbicular, with 

 the margin 5-lobed. Capsule depressed, orbicular, 5-celled, 5- 

 valved from the summit downward, many-seeded ; valves not woolly 

 on the edges. Leaves crowded at or near the summit of the stem, 

 coriaceous and shining ; flowers terminal, corymbose. 



1. C. umbellata, Nutt. Leaves cuneate-oblong, acute at base, 

 sharply serrate, of a bright uniform green. 

 Pyrola umbellata. L. $ Fl. Cestr. ed. 2. p. 260. 

 UMBELLATE CHIMAPHILA. Pipsissawa. Winter-green. 



Stem ascending, 3 to 6 inches long. Leaves 1 to 2 inches long, subverticillat* 

 (often in 2 or 3 verticils), tapering at base to a short petiole. Peduncle terminal, 

 mostly solitary, 3 to 4 or 5 inches in length, bearing an imperfect or corymbose 

 umbel of 4 to 6 flowers; pedicels about % an inch long; petals reddish white, with 

 a tinge of violet. 

 Hob. Hilly woods, of northern exposure : frequent. Fl. June. Fr. Bept 



Obs. This half-shrubby little Evergreen is moderately bitter and 

 astringent, and has been long noted as an Indian medicine, under 

 the aboriginal name of Pipsissawa. 



