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95. C. liiaculiita, Pursh. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, obtuse at 

 base, incised-dentate, whitish-maculate above, purplish beneath. 

 Pyrola maculata. L. $ Fl. Cestr. ed. 2. p. 267. 

 SPOTTED CHIMAPHILA. Spotted Winter-green. 



Stem 2 to 4 inches high. Leaves 1 to near 3 inches long, tapering to an acute 

 point, dull green above, and marked with a whitish line along the midrib and 

 nerves; petioles 1 to 2 or 3 lines in length. Peduncle terminal, mostly solitary, 3 

 to 4 or 5 inches long, bearing 2 or 3 flowers (sometimes but 1) ; pedicels % an inch 

 to 1% inches in length, often with a minute subulate bract near the middle; petals 

 white, with a tinge of purple. 

 Hob. Woodlands : common. FL June. Fr. Sept. 



SUBORDER IV. MONOTRO V PEAE. 



Calyx free, 5-parted, or of distinct (!) bract-like deciduous sepals; corolla mostly of 

 distinct persistent petals ; capsule 4- or 5-celled, 4-or 5-valved, loculicidally dehiscent, 

 many-seeded ; seed-coat loose, arillus-like. Fleshy herbs, p arasitic on roots, never 

 green ; stems simple ; leaves mere scales ; flowers the color of the plant, in a ter- 

 minal raceme, or solitary. 



248. HYPO'PITYS, Dillen. 



[Gr. Hypo, under, and Pitys, a Pine tree ; often its place of growth.] 

 Calyx of 4 or 5 bract-like sepals. Petals 4 or 5, fleshy, erect, with 

 a nectariferous pit at base. Stamens 8 or 10; anthers reniform, be- 

 coming 1-celled, opening by a continuous line into 2 very unequal 

 valves. Stiff ma disk-like, with a bearded margin. Capsule roundish- 

 ovoid, 4- or 5-celled. 



1. H. laimginosa, Nutt. Plant tawny, softly pubescent ; flow- 

 ers racemose, secund, nodding, finally erect. 

 Monotropa lanuginosa. MX. $ FL Cestr. ed. 2. p. 267. 

 WOOLLY HYPOPITYS. Pine-sap. False Beech-drops. 



Whole plant tan-color, and of a musky odor; perennial? Stems 4 to 6 (sometimes 

 12 or 15) inches high, growing in clusters, smoothish below : scales lance-ovate, 

 crowded and imbricated at base, more distant above, becoming bracts to the pedi- 

 cels, in the raceme at summit. Racemes 1 or 2 to 6 inches long, at first recurved or 

 oircinnate, erect in fruit ; pedicels 1 line to an inch or more in length ; stamens 

 mostly 8. 

 Hob. Moist woodlands : frequent. Fl. July. Fr. Sept. 



249. MOIVO'TROPA, Gronov. 



[Gr. monos, one, and trepo, to turn; the flower being turned, or bent on one side.] 

 Calyx none, or of 2 to 4 scale-like bracts a little distant from the 

 corolla. Petals 5, fleshy, erect, narrowed below, with a nectarifer- 

 ous pit at base. Stamens 10 ; anthers short, 2-celled, opening by 

 transverse chinks. Stigma orbicular, not bearded. Capsule ovoid, 

 5-angled, 5-celled. 



1. M. tin iilora, L. Plant white, smooth ; flower solitary, ter- 

 minal, nodding; fruit erect. 

 ONE-FLOWERED MONOTROPA. Indian Pipe. 



Whole plant white, fleshy, and scentless; perenniall Stem 5 to 8 or 12 inches 

 high, often growing in clusters ; scales lance-ovate. Flower large ; petals concave, 

 spatulate-cuneate, truncate, gibbous at base. Stigma overtopping the stamens, 

 concave. 

 Bab. Rich woodlands: frequent. Fl. June, Fr. Sept. 



