324 ERICACEAE. (HEATH FAMILY.) 



nearly globose corolla; style short and included. Cold woods, Lab., White 

 Mts., L. Superior, and northward. 



2. P. seciinda, L. Subcaulescent, 3-6' high ; leaves ovate, thin, longer 

 than the petiole, scattered, finely serrate ; racemes dense and spike-like, the 

 numerous small (greenish-white) flowers all turned to one side, scarcely nod- 

 ding; calyx-lobes ovate, very much shorter than the oblong-oval petals; style 

 long, exserted. Rich woods, Lab. to Minn., south to Md., and far northward. 

 July. (Eu.) 



Var ptimila, Gray, is a smaller form, with rounded leaves 6" or little 

 more in diameter, and 3 - 8-flowered scape. High peat-bogs, N. Y. to L. Su- 

 perior, and northward. July, Aug. 



* * Style strongly declined, the apex curved upward, longer than the connivent 

 or spreading petals; stigma much narrower than the truncate excavated 

 ring-like apex of the style ; anthers contracted below the openings, forming 

 a short neck ; leaves denticulate or entire. 



*- Petals and leaves acute, the latter ovate, coriaceous. 



3. P. oxyp<tala, C. F. Austin. Leaves ovate, small (8-12" long), 

 shorter than the slender petiole ; scape ( 7 - 8' high) several-flowered ; flowers 

 on ascending pedicels, not nodding ; calyx-lobes triangular-ovate, acute, short ; 

 petals lanceolate-oblong, acuminate, greenish ; anthers conspicuously mucro- 

 nate at the apex, obtusely 2-horned at base, not inverted ; style straightish, 

 scarcely exserted. Wooded hill near Deposit, Delaware Co., N. Y. (C. F. 

 Austin, in 1860). Not since found; probably monstrous. 



- - Petals and leaves orbicular to oblong, very obtuse. 



4. P. chlorantha, Swartz. Leaves small (!' long), roundish, thick, dull, 

 shorter than the petiole ; scape few-flowered, naked (5 - 8' high) ; calyx-lobes 

 roundish-ovate, very short ; the elliptical petals converging (greenish-white) ; 

 anther-cells contracted into a distinct neck ; style little exserted. Open woods, 

 Lab. to Penn., Minn., north and westward. June, July. 



5. P. elliptica, Nutt. (SHIN-LEAF.) Leaves thin and dull, elliptical or 

 obovate-oval, longer than the margined petiole ; raceme many-flowered ; calyx- 

 lobes ovate, acute, not one fourth the length of the obovate rather spreading 

 (greenish-white) petals; anther-cells blunt. Rich woods, N. Eng. to Md., 

 Iowa, Minn., and northward. June. 



6. P. rotundifblia, L. Leaves orbicular, thick, shining, usually shorter 

 than the petiole; scape many-bracted (6-12' high) ; raceme elongated, many- 

 flowered ; calyx-lobes lanceolate or oblong -lanceolate, acutish, with somewhat 

 spreading tips, one half or one third the length of the roundish-obovate rather 

 spreading (chiefly white) petals ; anther-cells nearly blunt. Damp or sandy 

 woods, throughout the continent, south to N. Ga. Exhibits many varieties, 

 such as : Var. INCARNATA, DC., with flesh-colored to rose-purple flowers, and 

 triangular-lanceolate calyx-lobes. Cold woods and bogs, N. Eng. to Minn., 

 and northward. Var. ASARIF6LIA, Hook., with oblate or round-reniform 

 leaves, and shorter ovate calyx-lobes; petals flesh- or rose-colored (rarely 

 white). With same range. Var. ULIGIN6SA, Gray, with short broadly 

 ovate calyx-lobes, subcordate to obovate dull leaves, and rose-colored or pur 

 pie flowers. Same range. (Eu.) 



