194 DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. [CL. X. 



elliptical, bright-green, stiff leaves: panicled cluster of greenish- 

 white flowers, tinged with red ; and crimson large tuberculate 

 berries. Flowers in September : grows about the Lake of Killar- 

 ney, and a few other parts of Ireland. Eng. Bot. vol. xxxiv. pi. 

 2377. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 252. 628. 



2. A. alpina. Black Bear-berry. Stem procumbent ; leaves in- 

 versely egg-shaped, serrate. Leaves alternate, stalked, inversely 



egg-shaped, reticulated with numerous veins, deciduous : flowers 

 white, in short terminal clusters : berry black. A small shrub : 

 flowers in May and June : grows on dry mountainous heaths in 

 Scotland : rare. Eng. Bot. vol. xxix. pi. 2030. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 

 253. 629. 



3. A. U'va-ursi. Red Bear-berry. Stem procumbent ; leaves in- 

 versely egg-shaped, smooth, entire. Leaves alternate, stalked, 



thick, stiff, veiny, evergreen, wrinkled : flowers pale rose-coloured 

 or white, in short, drooping, terminal clusters : berry bright-red, 

 mealy and harsh. A small shrub : flowers in June : 'grows on dry 

 heaths, abundantly. The whole plant is highly astringent, and 

 has been employed in calculus. The berries are eaten in the 

 Highlands, although rather harsh. Eng. Bot. vol. x. pi. 714. Eng. 

 Fl. vol. ii. p. 253. 630. 



4. PY'ROLA. WINTER-GREEN. 



Calyx inferior, of one leaf, permanent, deeply divided into 

 five rounded segments. Petals five, roundish, spreading. Fi- 

 laments awl-shaped, curved, shorter than the corolla ; anthers 

 large, pendulous, two-celled, each opening by a round pore at 

 the top. Germen superior, roundish, five-lobed. Style thread- 

 shaped, longer than the stamens, permanent ; stigma thick- 

 ened, somewhat notched. Capsule globular, depressed, five- 

 cornered, five-celled, five-valved. Seeds very numerous, mi- 

 nute, oval, each in a membranous coat. Name from pyrus, a 

 pear-tree, the leaves having some resemblance. 224. 



1. P. rotundifolia. Round-leaved Winter-green. Stamens as- 

 cending ; style twice as long, declining and recurved ; leaves nearly 



round, obscurely crenate. Flower -stalk about eight inches 



high, triangular, terminating in an oblong, erect cluster of nume- 

 rous white, fragrant flowers. Perennial : flowers in July and 

 August: grows in moist woods: rare. Eng. Bot. vol. iii. pi. 213. 

 Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 255. " 631. 



2. P. media. Intermediate Winter-green. Stamens all regularly 

 incurvate ; style twice as long, deflected ; leaves nearly orbicular, 



crenate. Nearly as large as the preceding, with a triangular, 



spirally-twisted stalk, terminating in a cluster of smaller pendu- 

 lous white flowers, with a delicate pink tinge at the margin. Pe- 

 rennial : flowers in July and August : grows in dry woods : rare 

 in England and Ireland, common in Scotland. Eng. Bot. vol. xxviii. 

 pi. 1945. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 256. 632. 



3. P. minor. Lesser Winter-green. Stamens all regularly in- 

 curvate ; style of the same length, straight ; leaves inversely egg- 

 shaped, crenate. Stalk four-cornered, slightly twisted, termi- 

 nating in along and slender cluster of drooping, pale rose-coloured 

 flowers. Perennial : flowers in July and August : grows in dry 

 grounds and thickets : common in the north of England and Scot- 

 land. Eng. Bot. vol. iii. pi. 152, Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 158. 633. 



