194 DEOANDftIA MOttOGYMA. fcL. X. 



reddish-brown bark, peeling off in thin flakes; elliptical, bright-green, 

 stiff leaves ; panicled cluster of greenish-white flowers, tinged with red ; 

 and crimson large tuberculate berries. Flowers in September : grows 

 about the Lake of Killarney, and a few other parts of Ireland. Eng. 

 Bot. vol. xxxiv. pi. 2377. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 252. 628. 



2. A.alpina. Black Bear-berry. Stem procumbent ; leaves inversely 



egg-shaped, serrate. Leaves alternate, stalked, inversely egg-shaped, 



reticulated with numerous veins, deciduous : flowers white, in short ter- 

 minal clusters : berry black. A small shrub : flowers in May and June : 

 grows on dry mountainous heaths in Scotland : rare. Eng. Bot. vol. 

 xxix. pi. 2030. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 253. 629. 



3. A. U'va-nrsi. Red Bear-berry. Stem procumbent; leaves in- 

 versely egg-shaped, smooth, entire. Leaves alternate, stalked, thick, 



stiff, veiny, evergreen, wrinkled : flowers pale rose-coloured or white, in 

 short, drooping, terminal clusters: berry bright-red, mealy and harsh: 

 a small shrub: flowers in June: grows on dry heaths, abundantly. 

 The whole plant is highly astringent, and has been employed in cal- 

 culus. The berries are eaten in the Highlands, although rather harsh. 

 Eng. Bot. vol. x. pi. 714. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 253. 630. 



4. PY'ROLA. WINTER-GREEN. 



Calyx inferior, of one leaf, permanent, deeply divided into five 

 rounded segments. Petals five, roundish, spreading. Filaments 

 awl-shaped, curved, shorter than the corolla; anthers large, 

 pendulous, two-celled, each opening by a round pore at the top. 

 Germen superior, roundish, five-lobed. Style thread-shaped, 

 longer than the stamens, permanent; stigma thickened, somewhat 

 notched. Capsule globular, depressed, five-cornered, five-celled, 

 five-valved. Seeds very numerous, minute, oval, each in a mem- 

 branous coat. Name from pyrus, a pear-tree, the leaves having 

 some resemblance. 224. 



1. P. rotundifdlia. Round-leaved Winter-green. Stamens ascend- 

 ing; style twice as long, declining and recurved; leaves nearly round, 



obscurely crenate. Flower-stalk about eight inches high, triangular, 



terminating in an oblong, erect cluster of numerous white, fragrant 

 flowers. Perennial : flowers in July and August : grows in moist woods : 

 rare. Eng. Bot. vol. iii. pi. 213. Eng. Fl. vol.ii. p. 255. 631. 



2. P. mtdia. Intermediate Winter-green. Stamens all regularly in- 

 curvate; style twice as long, deflected ; leaves nearly orbicular, crenate. 

 Nearly as large as the preceding, with a triangular, spirally- 

 twisted stalk, terminating in a cluster of smaller pendulous white 

 flowers, with a delicate pink tinge at the margin. Perennial : flowers 

 in July and August: grows in dry woods : rare in England and Ireland, 

 common in Scotland. Eng. Bot. vol. xxviii. pi. 1945. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. 

 p. 256. 632. 



3. P. minor. Lester Winter-green. Stamens all regularly incurvate ; 

 style of the same length, straight; leaves inversely egg-shaped, crenate. 



Stalk four-cornered, slightly twisted, terminating in a long and 



slender cluster of drooping, pale rose-coloured flowers. Perennial : 

 flowers in July and August : grows in dry grounds and thickets : common 

 in the north of England and Scotland. Eng. Bot. vol. iii. pi. 152. Eng. 

 Fl. vol. ii. p. 158. 633. 



