270 BEOCANDRIA. MOXOGYNIA. 



subtended at the base by a longish linear paleaceous 

 bracte. Calix 5-parted, seg-ments ovate, nearly half the 

 length of the corolla, somewhat pubescently ciliate, fur- 

 nished with obscure longitudinal nerves. Corolla mono- 

 petalous, marcescent, ovate, open, margin 5-toothed re- 

 flected; dentures short-oval, obtuse, rosaceous, the rest 

 of the corolla white. Stamina 10, included within the 

 corolla; filaments subulate, flat and membranaceous, ari- 

 sing from the base of the germ; anthers small, 2-celled, 

 traversed by and inseparably connected with the filaments, 

 of an oboval form, attached by the margin, opening in- 

 wards from the base, or junction with the filament in an 

 horizontal manner, or in other words in a contrary direc- 

 tion to that of the filament which supports it; at the base of 

 this singular anther there is situated 2 small filiform pro- 

 cesses nearly its length, which have probably been appli- 

 ed to the 2 sutures of the anthers before opening? but 

 this I have not been able to verify; they may be merely 

 such processes as we find in similar situations in Aiulrt- 

 medaf Vacci7iium, &c. Style 1, short and columnar; stig- 

 ma capitate, obscurely 5-lobed. Capsule 5-celled, subglo- 

 bose, valves 5, coalescing towards the base by their dis- 

 sepiments with the axis of the receptacle; receptacle 

 5-lobed, lobes large alternating with the dissepiments; 

 septa medial (or arising from the centre of the valves.) 

 Seeds extremely numerous and minute, globular-ovoidj 

 acute at the base, so as to appear almost fusiform, 

 terminated upwards by a dilated roundish reticulated 

 membranaceous wing. From an external inspection of 

 this minutest of seeds, we perceive that the embryon, as 

 the umbilicus, must be concentric and probably sur- 

 rounded by a perisperm, but it may fairly be doubted 

 whether this plant and JMonotropa its coordinate are not 

 " deprived of cotyledones. v. s. 



Hab. In Upper Canada, near the Falls of Niagara. 

 I Mr. C. Whitlow. 



f f Flowers polypctalous, regular, 



S87. *HYPOPITHYS. Dillenms, (Pine-sap.) 



Calix 3 to 5-partcd, Corolla pseudo-polype- 

 taious, persistent; segments 4 or 5, each with a 

 cucullate nectariferous base. Anthers small, 

 horizontal, 1-ceiled, at length opening flat. 

 Stigma orbicular, with a bearded margin. Cap- 



