268 GALACINE^E. (GALAX FAMILY.) 



19. MONOTROPA, L. IKDIAS-PIPE. 



Calyx of 2 - 5 deciduous sepals. Corolla 4 - 5-petalous, gibbous at the base, 

 deciduous. Stamens 8- 10: anthers reniform, opening across the apex. Stigma 

 broad, 4 - 5-rayed. Capsule ovoid, 8 - 10-furrowed, 4 - 5-celled. Seeds very nu- 

 merous, minute. Stems low, fleshy, white or reddish, scaly. Flowers solitary 

 or racemose, nodding. Capsules erect. Herbs parasitic on roots, or decayed 

 vegetable matter. 



1. MOXOTROPA, Nutt. Stem I- flowered: sepals 2-4 : petals 5 : anthers ojien- 

 ing by 2 chinks : style short and thick. 



1. M. uniflora, L. Shady woods, Florida to Mississippi, and northward. 

 Aug. and Sept. Stem smooth, 4' -10' high, white, turning black in drying. 

 Flower showy. 



2. HTPOPITYS, Dill. Stem several-flowered; the upper flower commonly with 

 5 petals and 10 stamens; the others with 4 petals and 8 stamens: sepals as many 

 as the petals: antlters opening by 2 unequal valves; the smaller one erect: style 

 longer than the ovary. 



2. M. Hypopitys, L. (M. lanuginosa, Michx.) Shady woods, Florida 

 to Mississippi, and northward. Aug. Stems 4'- 8' high, pubescent, reddish. 



ORDER 77. GALACINE.^E. (GALAX FAMILY.) 



Calyx small, 5-sepalous, persistent. Petals 5, hypogynous, obovate- 

 spatulate, deciduous. Stamens hypogynous ; the filaments united into 

 a 10-toothed tube ; those opposite the petals sterile, the 5 alternate ones 

 shorter and bearing a roundish 1-celled anther, which opens across the 

 top. Style short : stigma 3-lobed. Capsule ovoid, 3-celled, loculicidally 

 3-valved. Seeds numerous, fixed to the central placenta. Embryo 

 straight, in fleshy albumen. A smooth perennial stemless herb, erect 

 from a creeping scaly rhizoma. Leaves all radical, evergreen, round- 

 cordate, crenate, petioled. Scape (l-2high) simple, bearing a long 

 spiked raceme of small white flowers. 



1. GALAX, L 



Characters of the order. 



1. G. aphylla, L. Open woods on the mountains of North Carolina. 

 June and July. Rhizoma deep red. 



ORDER 78. AQUIFOLIACE^E. (HOLLY FAMILY.) 



Trees or shrubs, with alternate simple leaves, and small white or green- 

 ish flowers. Calyx 4 - 9-toothed. Corolla hypogynous, rotate, 4-9- 



