Neivberrrja. ERICACEAE. 



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§ 1. FUnvers solitary, terminal: anthers opening equally by 2 chinks. 

 1. M. uniflora, Linn. Plant whito (rarely rosc-colnr), inodorous, a span luch 

 glabrous : calyx represented by 2 to 4 bracts or sepals, the uppermost larger : petals 

 5 and stamens 10 (rarely more) : stigma naked. 

 n,inW T^ "^"""Jf ■ A?f ^t- IT'l '" California ; but occurs in Oregon, though perhaps less com- 



§ 2. /'Vo?/w« flfww/ in a npike or clone raceme, with mnrr. rerpdnr sepah, and the 

 petals more saccate at base, the terminal Jlower mosth/ with 5 petals and 10 

 stamens ; the others respectively \ and 8 {or rarely fewer) : anthers more reni- 

 form ; the cells completely conjlnent into one, which opens by 2 unequal valves, 

 one broad and spreading, the other remaining erect and contracted: margin 

 of the sttgma glandular or hairy. — Hypopitys. {Ilypopitys, Dill.) 

 2. M fimbriata, Gray. Near a foot high, glabrous, except a minute pubes- 

 cence ot tiie spike-hke raceme : the obovate-cuneate bracts and the spatulate sepals 

 ero^ely or laciniately fimbriate : some flowers with only 3 petals and 6 stamens — 

 Proc. Am. Acad. viii. G29. 



California.'"''*^'""' ^"^"^'^^ Mountains. Oregon, E. Hall. It may be expected in Northern 



Toul'<UhZ''^Ju% Vl"";' "'■ ^-T ^"^ "'■ "''"■ '■''^^*^^" "f t''^^' tJ'« ^=""^"^0" Pine-sap, extending 

 round the world in the temperate zone, occurs in the northern part of Oregon. It is pubescent 

 or rarely glabrous, and the scales and bracts nearly entire. puoescent 



19. PLEURICOSPORA, Gray. 

 Caiy.x of 4 or 5 oblong-lancoolato scalo-liko sopuls, with laciniately fnubriato mar- 

 gins. Corolla of as many nearly similar oblong i)otals, shorter than the calyx. 

 Stamens 8 or 10, glabrous, included: anthers linear, orocfc upon tlio apox of the 

 fdiform flattish filament and hardly wi.ler than it, apiculate at the retuse apex ; 

 the cells united throughout, opening lengthwise from the base to the apex. Ovary 

 ovate, tapering into a style of about its own length which bears a depressed-capitate 

 stigma, one-celled, with 4 or 5 bilamellato parietal placentip, which are ovuliforous 

 throughout. Capsule lleshyl Seeds obovato, with firm mther polished coat closely 

 htted to the nucleus. -Plants light brown or whitish, with the aspect of ^fono. 

 tropa, sect. Hypopitys, but stouter; the stem crowded or at first imbricated with 

 the scales ; flowers in a close erect spike. — Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. vii. 369. 



1. P fimbriolata, Gray, 1. c. A span or more high, glabrous or nearly so • 

 scales of the stem ovate-lanceolate, the lower with erose edges, the upper and bracts 

 with scarious whitish and fimbriate margins. 



In the Mariposa Grove, Bolandtr. There ai'e indications of a Mexicaji species. 



20. NEWBERRYA, Torr. 

 Calyx of 2 scale-like sepals, resembling bractlets. Corolla oblong, somewhat 

 urceolato, 4 - 5-lobed, withering-persistent ; the lobes spreading, ovate, hairy inside. 

 Stamens 8 or 10, somewhat included : filamonts filiform, above the middle bearded 

 with long Iwiirfl : anthers obl.u.g, ornot ; 1,1m cells opening lei.gl.liwi^o. from top to 

 bottom, into two une.pial valves. Ovary ovate: stylo elongated, hairy above: 

 Bhgma depressed-capitate, entire, umbilicate and pervious : placentic 4, each 2-parted, 

 the two broad plates covered with ovules on both sides, and their edges meeting or 



