90 COMMON CANADIAN WILD PLANTS. 



2. C. macula'ta, Pursh. (SPOTTED WINTEKOREEN.) Leaves 

 ovate-lanceolate, obtuse at the base, the upper surface niric//(i/< d 

 trilh white. Dry woods. 



14. MONOT'ROPA, L. INDIAN PIPE. PINE- SAP. 

 M. uniflo'ra, L. (INDIAN PIPE. CORPSE-PLANT.) Smooth, 

 waxy-white, turning black in drying. Dark rich woods. 



15. PTEROS'PORA, Nutt. PjNE-DROPS. 



P. Andromede'a, Nutt. Calyx 5-parted. Corolla ovate, urn- 

 shaped, 5-toothed, persistent. Stamens 10. Stigma 5-lobed. Pod 

 5-lobed, 5-celled. Usually under pines in dry woods. 



16. HYPOP'ITYS, Scop. PINE- SAP. 



H. lamigino'sa, Nutt. Somewhat pubescent. Sepals bract- 

 like. Stigma ciliate. Style longer than the ovary, hollow. I'od 

 globular or oval. Oak and pine woods. 



ORDER LIII. AQTJTFOLIA'CEJE. (HOLLY FAMILY.) 



Shrubs or small trees, with small axillary polygamous or 

 dioecious flowers, the parts mostly in fours or sixes. Calyx very 

 minute, free from the ovary. Stamens alternate with the petals, 

 attached to their base, the corolla being almost polypetalous. 

 Anthers opening lengthwise. Stigma nearly sessile. Fruit a 

 berry-like 4-8-seeded drupe 



1. ILEX, L. HOLLY. 



I. verticilla'ta, Gr. (BLACK ALDER. WINTERBERRY. ) A 

 shrub with the greenish flowers in sessile clusters, or the fertile 

 ones solitary. Parts of the flowers mostly in sixes. Fruit bright 

 red. Leaves alternate, obovate, oval, or wedge-lanceolate, pointed, 

 veiny, serrate. Swamps and low grounds. 



2. NEMOPAN'THES, Eaf. MOUNTAIN HOLLY. 

 N. Canadensis, DC. A branching shrub, with grey bark, 

 and alternate oblong nearly entire smooth leaves on slender 

 petioles. Flowers on long slender axillary peduncles, mostly 

 solitary. Petals 4-5, oblong-linear, distinct. Fruit light red. 

 Moist woods. 



