236 ERICACEAE. [PYIIOLA. 



Woods, heaths and commons, from Ross and Moray to Kent and Devon ; rare 

 in the S. of England; ascends to 1,500ft. in the Highlands; Mi,l. and 

 N.E. Ireland, rare and local ; fl. June-Aug. Stem 1-3 in., ascending. /, am . 

 usually in a rosette, but sometimes alternate, coriaceous, 1-1J in., contracted 

 into the longer petiole. Scape 8-12 in., slender. Raceme short, bracteoles 

 subulate-lanceolate. Flowers | in. diara., drooping, globose, white tinged 

 with rose. Stamens very short. Style without a ring below the stigma, 

 not lengthening in fruit. Capsule drooping. DISTRIB. Europe (Arctic), 

 excl. Turkey, E. and W. N. America. 



2. P. me'dia, L. ; leaves orbicular-ovate crenate, stamens erect shorter 

 than the straight or slightly decurved style, stigma-lobes minute erect. 

 Woods and heaths, local, from Sussex and Worcester northwards ; ascending 



to 1,800ft. in the Highlands ; N. and W. of Ireland; fl. July-Aug. Very 

 like P. minor, but larger and stouter ; leaves broader, sometimes orbicular 

 and If in. diam., and bracts larger. Flowers % in. diam. Style with a ring 

 round the base of the stigma. DISTRIB. Europe, excl. Greece and Turkey. 



3. P. rotundifo lia, L. ; leaves orbicular-obovate, stamens ascending 

 shorter than the long decurved style, stigma-lobes minute erect. 



Moist woods and copses, rare, from Forfar and Aberdeen to Shropshire and 

 Kent ; ascends to 2,500ft. in Scotland; absent from Ireland ; fl. July-Sept. 

 Habit and stature of P. minor, but petioles all longer and very slender ; 

 raceme usually longer; bracts larger, spreading; flowers J in. diam.. puro 

 white ; style with a ring below the stigma. DISTRIB. Europe (Arctic), 

 except Greece and Turkey, N. Asia, Himalaya, N. America. 



VAR. 1, rotundifo' lia proper ; bracts on the scape few, pedicels a little longer 

 than the lanceolate sepals. VAR. 2, arena'ria, Koch ; leaves smaller, bracts 

 many on the scape, pedicels as long as the ovate sepals. P. mat-it i nu', 

 Keuyon. Sea-shore, Lancashire. 



4. P. secun da, L. ; leaves ovate acute serrate, raceme secund, stamens 

 incurved shorter than the long ascending style, stigma broad lobed. 

 Rocky mountain woods, rare ; Teesdale, Keswick, Dumfries, and from Perth 



and Argyle northwards, ascending to 2,400 ft. ; N.E. of Ireland, very rare ; tt. 

 July. Stem straggling, branched ; branches 1-4 in., ascending. Leaves 

 1-1 in., rosulate or alternate, rather thin, reticulate, petioles shorter. 

 Scape slender, 2-5 in., with 1-5 bracts. Racemes 1-2 in., bracteoles linear- 

 oblong. Flowers horizontal, ^ in. diam. Sepals obtuse, erose. Petals con- 

 cave, greenish-white. Sti/le without a ring below the stigma, elongate in 

 fruit. Capsult^ drooping. DISTRIB. Europe (Arctic), Siberia, Dahuria, W. 

 Asia, N. America. 



SUB-GEN. 2. Moneses, SaMsb. (gen.). Flower solitary. Petals 

 slightly adherent at the base, spreading. Anther-cells with tubular tips. 

 Stigmatic lobes long, halves of capsule free. 



5. P. tmiflo'ra, L.; scape 1-bracteate at the top, leaves orbicular 

 spathulate sinuate serrate. Moneses grandiflora, Salisb. 



Woods, chiefly of fir, in the N. Highlands, from the Hebrides, Perth, and 

 Aberdeen northwards. Stem -2 in., short, leafy. Leaves -1 in., alternate, 

 narrowed into a short petiole, rather membranous. Flowers $ in. diam., 

 nodding, then erect. Sepals broad, obtuse, ciliate. Petals almost flat, 

 white, spreading. Filaments curved. Style not terminated by a ring. Capsmlt 



