256 ERICAGE^J. [Pyrola. 



Woods and heaths, local, from "Warwick and Worcester to Shetland ; ascends 

 to 1,800 ft. in the Highlands; N. and W. 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, 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, E. Kent, and from Norfolk and Salop to Aberdeen 

 and Inverness ; ascends to 2,500 ft. in Scotland ; Westmeath in Ireland ; Chan- 

 nel Islands ; fl. July-Sept.— Habit and stature of P. minor, but petioles all 

 longer and very slender ; raceme usually longer ; bracts larger, spreading ; 

 flowers | in. diam., pure white; style with a ring below the stigma. — 

 Distrib. Europe (Arctic) (excl. Greece, Turkey), N. Asia, Himalaya, N. 

 America. 



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

 the lanceolate sepals. — Var. arena'ria, Koch (P. maritima, Kenyon) ; 

 leaves smaller, bracts many on the scape, pedicels as long as the ovate sepals. 

 Sand-hills, Lancashire. (Belgium.) 



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, Monmouth, York to Ross ; ascends to 2,400 ft. ; 

 N.E. Ireland; fl. July. — Stem straggling, branches 1-4 in., ascending. 

 Leaves 1-li 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, J in. diam. Sepals obtuse, erose. Petals 

 concave, greenish-white. Style without a ring below the stigma, elongate 

 in fruit. Capsule drooping. — Distrib. Europe (Arctic), N. and W. Asia, 

 N. America. 



Sub-gex. 2. Mone'ses, Salisb. (gen.). Flowers solitary. Petals 

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

 Stigmatic lobes long. Valves of capsule free. 



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

 spathulate sinuate-serrate. Moneses grandiflora, Salisb. 



Woods chiefly of pine, in the N. Highlands, from Perth and Aberdeen to 

 Sutherland; fl. June-July. — Stem \-2 in., leafy. Leaves §-1 in., alternate, 

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

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

 white, spreading. Filaments curved. Style without a ring. Capsule erect ; 

 style and elongate stigmas persistent.— Distrib. Europe (Arctic) (excl. 

 Greece, Turkey), Siberia, N. America. 



