218 HOLLY FAMILY. 



20. PYROLA, WINTERGREEN, SHIN-LEAF. (Old name, climinu- 

 tivc of Pyrtis, the Pear-tree, the application not obvious.) Flowers mostly 

 greenish-white, in summer.) 



* Flowers nodding, the /wtals partly expanding, the hanging style more or les 



curved, tipped with a narrow stigma, and stamens ascending. 



P. rotundifblia. Damp or sandy woods ; has thick and shining round 

 leaves on short petioles, many-flowered raceme, and blunt anthers : a variety iu 

 , bogs has rose-purple flowers. 



A nrhx-t" P. elliptica. Rich woods N. ; has thinnish and dull upright leaves on 

 t fttf. rather long and margined petioles ; the greenjsh->vhke flowers nearly as in the 

 preceding. 



P. chlorantha. Open woods N. ; smaller, the scape only 5' -6' high, with 

 a few greenish-white flowers, thick but dull roundish leaves only 1' long, and 

 anthers short-horned. 



* * Flowers a/I turned to one side, rather spreading than nodding, the petalt con- 



niving, stamens and style straight, stigma large and v-rayed. 

 P. seciinda. Rich woods N. & E. : slender, 3' - 6' high, with thin ovate 

 leaves and dense spike-like raceme. 



21. MONESES, ONE-FLOWERED WINTERGREEN. (Name, from 

 the Greek, refers to the solitary flower.) Flowering in early summer. 



M. uniflora. Cold woods N. E. : with roundish and serrate veiny leaves 

 about ' long, scape 2' - 4' high, and rather large white or rose-colored flower. 



22. CHIMAPHILA, PIPSISSEWA or PRINCES- PINE. (Name 

 from Greek, means lover of winter, \. e. Wintcrgreen ) Plants of dry woods, 

 branched at base, 3'- 10' high, with fragrant wax-like mostly flesh-colored 

 flowers, in early summer. 



C. umbellata, COMMON P. Leaves wedge-lanceolate, sharply serrate, not 

 JL. )t-)9L. .spotted ; flowers 4-7, with v]oiet-colored ajUhers. 



, , * C. maculata, SPOTTED P. Lower, 3' -6' high, with ovate-lanceolate 

 *~yfp* * remotely toothed leaves blotched with white, and 1 - 5 flowers. 



' 23. .MONOTROPA, INDIAN PIPE. (Name from the Greek, refers to 

 the flower or summit of the stem turned over to one side or hanging : in 

 fruit it straightens.) Fl. summer. 



M. uniflora, COMMON INDIAN PIPE or CORPSK-PLANT ; in rich woods , 

 '6-Jj- smooth, waxy-white all over, 3' -6' high, with one rather large nodding flower 

 of 5 petals and 10 stamens. 



- M. Hyp6pitys, PINE-SAP or FALSE BEECH-DROPS ; in Oak and Pine 



7-/f :> woods; rather downy, tawny or reddish, fragrant, 4' -12' high, with several 



smallish flowers in a scaly raceme, having 4 petals and 8 stamens, or the upper- 



most 5 petals and 10 stamens. ^c^C^^^f^ J 9 



65. AQUIPOLIACE^E, HOLLY FAMILY. 



Trees or shrubs, with alternate simple leaves, small mostly po- 

 lygamous or dioecious axillary flowers, having divisions of the free 

 calyx, petals (these almost or quite distinct), stamens (alternate 

 with petals), and cells of the ovary of the same number (4-6 or 

 even 9, and fruit berry-like, containing 4-G s'liglc-sccck-d little 

 stones. Solitary ovule hanging from the top of each cell. Sessile 

 stigmas 4-6, or united into one. Flowers white. 



NKMOTAN TIIKS CANADKNSIS, sometimes called MOUNTAIN HOL- 

 LY, shrub with slender petals and large dull red berries, in cold 

 wood.* or bogs N., is the only representative besides the species of 



