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THE FLORA. 



mas 5, often projecting like rays. Pod 5-celled, 5-valved, opening into 

 the cells, many-seeded. — if Low, evergreen herbs, almost woody, with the 

 leaves generally radical, and the scape bearing a raceme of nodding flow- 

 ers. Mostly northern. June^ July. 



§ Stamens ascending, style declined and curved a 



§ Stamens and style straight and erect 5, 6 



a Leaves thick and shining. Flowers white or :ose-colored. . . .1, 2 

 a Loaves green, not shining. Flowers greenish-white 3, 4 



1 P. rotundifo'lia. Bound-leaved F. Lvs. orbicular. Mostly white petals. (Fig. 14.) 



2 P. asarifo'lia. Heart-leaved P. Leaves round-cordate. Kose-colored petals. 



8 P. ellip'tica. Pear-leaved P. Leaves large, thin, elliptical, on short petioles. 

 4 P. chloran'tha. Green-Jl. P. Lvs. small, thick, roundish, shorter than petioles. 



5 P. secun'da. One-sided P. Kaceme with the green- white flowers all on one side. 



6 P. minor. Lesser P. Eaceme ppike-forra, with small, globular, white fls. Mts. 



9. CHIMAPH'ILA. Pipsissiwa. 

 Calyx 5-parted. Petals 5, spreading, round. 

 Stamens 10. Anther cells lengthened above 

 into tubes. Style very short, thick. Capsule 

 5-celled. — Small evergreens, with oblong, ser- 

 rate, clustered leaves, and terminal flowers. 

 June^ July. 



Leaves wedge-lance- 

 4-7-flovvered, on an 



1 0. umbella'ta. Prince'' s Pine. 



olate, in 4's-6's. Umbel 

 erect stalk. July. 



2 0. macula'ta. Spotted P. Leaves lanceolate, acumi- 



nate, marked with whitish streaks along the 

 midvein. Flowers 2 or 3. (See Fig. 548.) 



10. MONOT'ROPA. Pine Sap. 

 Calyx of 1-5 bract-like sepals. Petals 4 or 5, 

 connivent in a bell-shaped corolla. Stamens 

 8-10. Capsule 4-5-celled, 4-5-valved.~Low 

 herbs growing on the juices of other plants, all 

 white or tawny, with scales instead of leaves. 



1 M. uniflo^ra. IndiaK Pipe, Sepals 1-3, Flower 



solitary, scentless. Stem 6'' high, common in 

 woods. Whole plant white. Summer. 



2 M. Hypop'itis. Pine Sap. Downy, tawny. Sepals 4, 5. 



grant. Stem G-S' high. Root a tangled ball of fibres. 



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Flowers racemed, fra- 



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