476 LXXXIII. MONOTROPE.E. (C. B. Clarke.) [Monotropa. 



shorter than the styles. Flowers drooping about in. diam., bracts in., lanceolate, 

 amplexicaul ; floral lanceolate, about equalling the pedicels. Petals \ in. long, orbi- 

 cular or obovate, white and pink. Anther-bases obtuse or mucronate. Capsule \-% 

 in. diam. 



VAR. rotundifolia proper ; calyx-segments ovate- or oblong-lanceolate. P. rotun- 

 difolia, DC. Prodr. vii. 772. Kashmir, alt. 9-10,000 ft., Falconer, Thomson, Clarke. 



"S^AR. asarifolia; calyx-segments triangular-ovate, leaves usually more obovate. 

 P. asarifolia, Mich.; DC. Prodr. vii. 773. Chimaphila sp. Griff. Itin. Notes. 134, n. 

 560. Sikkim Himalaya, alt. 9-11,000 ft,, J. D. H., Anderson. Bhotau, alt. 6800 ft., 

 Griffith. Khasia Mts., alt. 5-6500 ft., H.f. $ T., Lobb.A Japanese and American 

 form. 



ORDER LXXXIII. XVXONOTROFE.ZE. (By C. B. Clarke.) 



Parasitic, brown or yellowish leafless herbs. Stem erect, with leafy scales. 

 Flowers solitary or racemose, regular. Sepals ^sometimes like the scales) 2-6, 

 deciduous, imbricate. Petals 3-6 (in the Indian species). Stamens 6-12, 

 hypogynous ; filaments linear. Ovary free, globose or fusiform, 1-6-celled ; 

 style cylindric, stigma peltate ; ovulps very numerous on axile or parietal pla- 

 centae. Capsule loculicidally 4-6-valved. S*d* very many, minute ; testa often 

 loose, produced, saccate ; embryo minute, undivided. Species 10-12, in the 

 forests of the N. hemisphere. 



* Anthers peltate, ovary ovoid, placentas axile. 



Flowers solitary. Petals hardly saccate at base 1. MONOTROPA. 



Flowers racemose. Petals saccate at base 2. HYPOPITHYS. 



* Anthers oblong, ovary fusiform, placentas parietal. 

 Scape 1-3-flowered. Petals 3, narrow 3. CHEILOTHECA. 



1. ZKONOTROFA, Linn. 



Stem 1-flowered. Sepals 4, resembling scales. Petals 5-6, obovate-oblong, 

 scarcely saccate at base, at length deciduous, Stamens 10-12 ; anthers peltate, 

 horizontal, dehiscing by transverse slits. Qvary 5-celled ; ovules very many on 

 axile placentas. Capsule 5-celled, 5-valved. Species 1 or 2, American and 

 Himalayan. 



1. unifier a, Linn. ; DC. Prodr. vii. 781 ; Lamb. III. t. 362, fig. 1 ; Don 

 Prodr. 151 ; Hook. Exot. Fl. t. 85 ; Maxim. Mel. JBiol Dec. xii. 626. M. 

 Morisoniana, Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. i. 266 ; DC. I.e. ; J)on Prodr. 152. Mono- 

 tropa, Griff. Ic. PL Asiat. t. 523. 



TEMPERATE HIMALAYA ; alt. 6-8000 ft. KHASIA MTS. ; alt. 4-6000 ft., frequent. 

 DISTRIB. Corea, Japan, N, America. 



Glabrous, 6-15 in. Scales f in., ovate-lanceolate. Flower nodding. Petals f in. ; 

 stamens and stigma nearly level with their summits. Ovary and capsule globose. 

 Style at first short, in fruit often ^ in, Filaments pilose below. Fruit erect. 



2. HYFOFITJIYS, Scop. 



Flowers in a terminal raceme; bracts scaly. Sepals 4-5, obovate-lanceo- 

 late, hyaline, deciduous. Petals 4-5, obovate-oblong, saccate at the base, 

 deciduous. Stamens 8-10 ; anthers peltate, horizontal, dehiscing by transverse 

 slits. Ovary 5-celled ; ovules on axile placentae. Capsule 4-5-celled, locuK- 

 cidally 4-5-valved Species 2 (or 1) ; throughout the N. hemisphere. 



K. lanug-inosa, Nutt. Gen. Am. i. 271 ; stem raceme and flowers 

 pubescent, petals densely hairy within. DC. Prodr. vii. 781. 



