294 Pyrolaceae 



1. G. Veatchii Palxneri (Wats.) Eastwood. An erect, branch- 

 ing shrub, 18-25 dm. high; branchlets sparsely pubescent with 

 close appressed silky hairs when young, becoming smooth with 

 age; petioles short, 2-6 mm. long; leaves coriaceous, oval or 

 oblong-ovate, slightly undulate or entire, acute at apex and aris- 

 tate, rounded or cuneate at base, glabrous or nearly so above, 

 densely tomentose beneath with matted hairs, 2.5-5 cm. long; 

 bracts prominent, acute or acuminate, the lower foliaceous ; fruit 

 cuneate at base, the lower short-pedicelled, densely silky, becom- 

 ing glabrate ; calyx-teeth prominent and close to the base of the 

 styles. (G.flavescens Palmeri Wats.) 



Rather frequent in the upper portions of the chaparral belt of the San 

 Antonio and Cuyamaca Mountains. January. 



2. G. Veatchii undulata Eastwood. Leaves elliptic or ellip- 

 tic-ovate, obtuse or aristate at apex, cuneate at base, the margins 

 undulate; fruit densely clustered, concealing the upper bracts; 

 calyx-teeth hidden in dense wool and some distance below the 

 base of the styles. 



Occasional on Mount Wilson and Mount Lowe. 



3. G. pallida Eastwood. Leaves ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 

 acute and with a recurved mucro, entire, sparsely silky-pubes- 

 cent beneath, with straight upwardly appressed pubescence; 

 racemes short; bracts about 3 mm. long; calyx-teeth close to the 

 base of the styles and concealed in the young fruit by dense hairs. 



Santa Ana Mountains, where it was collected by the author on the trail to 

 Santiago Peak. 



Family 69. PYROLACEAE. WINTERGREEN FAMILY. 



Low mostly very green perennials, with branched 

 rootstocks, simple petibled leaves, and nearly regular 

 white or purple perfect flowers, racemose solitary or 

 corymbose. Calyx 4-5-lobed. Corolla very deeply 

 4-5-parted, or of 5 distinct petals. Stamens twice as 

 many as the divisions of the corolla, the anthers introrse 

 in the bud, inverted at anthesis, opening by pores or 

 short slits ; pollen grains in 4's. Ovary superior, 

 4-5-celled ; style short or slender, often declined ; stigma 

 5-lobed or 5-crenate ; ovules very numerous, anatropous. 



