104 AUT. BOT. 



umbilicata. Caulib. ramosis, floribus racem. 

 secundis. 



723, Orthilia parmfolia Raf. Pyrola se- 

 cunda europea L. &e, caule erecto ramoso 

 squamoso, fol. parvis. brevi petiol. ovatis acutis 

 serrulatis, bract. lanceol. acutis pedic. longior 

 Europa, my specimens from Bavaria, small 

 plant 2 or 3 inches high, leaves minute, scales 

 large similar to bracts, flowers small subsecund. 



724, Orthilia procumbens Raf. caule pro- 

 cumb. ramoso vix squamoso, fol. ovatis mucro- 

 natis crenatis, petiolis brevis, bract, acutis ped. 

 eq. Canada, Novanglia, Novebor the com- 

 mon American sp. miscalled Pyrola secunda by 

 our botanists, quite unlike the last, much larger 

 in all parts, leaves uncial, flowers incarnate. 



725, Orthilia dentata Raf. caule sub erecto 

 vix ramoso, squamoso, fol. ovatobl. utrinque 

 acutis, dentatis subtus glaucis, petiolis subeq. ft. 

 pedic. ad bract, longior Alleghanies <c, blen- 

 ded with last, leaves narrower, petiols longer, 

 flowers smaller. 



726, ODOSTIMA Raf. diff. Pyrela, cal. 

 4-5part;.. obt, petalis 4-5 rotatis, stam. 8-10 bre- 

 vis rectis subeq. antheris subglob. biporosis. ovar. 

 glob, stylo recto brevis teres, stigma magnum 

 3-5fid. dentibus ineq. erectis acutis. caps. 3-5Ioc. 

 6-10sperma. caulis uhiflor. unisquamato fol. 

 vertic Types the Pyr. uniflora and akin, very 

 distinct habit, 5 sp. 2 European and 3 American. 



ODOSTIMA caulina Raf. caulescens, fol. opp. 

 ternisque latovatis acutis petiolis qu ante acute 

 serratis squama obov. ad apice. petalis obtusis 

 Europa borealis, sent me as P. unift. 4 to 6 

 inches high, leaves semiuncial, flower said to be 

 yellowish and odorous like Convallaria. 



727, Odost. orbiculata Raf. subacaulis, fol. 



