170 DECANDniA — MONOGYNIA, [Pi/rola. 



20. Spergula. CaL 5-leaved, Pet. 5, undivided. Caps. 

 ovate, 5-celled, 5-valved. — Xat. Ord. Cahyophylle.e, Juss. — 

 JNaincd from spargo, to scalttr ; from the seeds being so widely 

 dispersed. 



(See Silenc and Stellaria in Ord. III. — Adoxa in Cl. VIII.) 



DECANDRIA—MONOGYNIA. 



1. MoNoTROPA. Liiin. Bird's Nest. 



1. INI. Hypopitys, L. (^yelloio Bird's Nest) ; lateral flowers with 

 8 stamens, terminal one with 10. E. Bot. t. 713. 



Beech and Fir- woods, whore the soil is dry ; but not common either 

 in England or Scotland. In Sussex, occurring in rings sometimes 15 feet 

 in diameter, and comprising many trees within the circumference. " Is 

 this analogous to the Fairy rings of Fungi?" (Rev. G. E. Smith.) 

 Counties of DubHn and Louth, Ireland. Fl. June, July. y.. — Root 

 fibrous, parasitic? Stem stout, erect, 6 — 9 inches high, simple or slightly 

 branched, instead of leaves having numerous ovate scattered scales, of 

 the same dingy j-ellow hue as the stem. Raceme terminal, a continua- 

 tion of the stem, at first drooping, then erect. Flowers on short scaly 

 or bracteated pedicels, large, of the same colour as the rest of the plant. 

 /Stowiews alternately smaller. Germen 4: — j-lobed, ovate. Stiffma\a.Tge, 

 peltate. Seeds very minute, rarely perfect, enveloped in a reticulated 

 arillus. 



2. Pyrola. Lhin. Winter-green. 



1. P. unijlora, L. (single-Jiotvered Winter-green) ; stem bear- 

 ing a solitary flower, leaves orbicular. E. Bot.t. 146. 



Woods in Scotland, rare. Fir wood near Brodie House, Forres. 

 Woods at Scone. Coul, Ross-shire. In the Oak wood, Knock of 

 Alves, near Elgin. Fl. Jul3\ lj[. — Stem scarcely any, bearing a few 

 petiolated and obscurely serrated leaves ; and a single peduncle, with 

 one large, nearly white, very fragrant flower. Style short, straight. 

 Stigma large, with 8 erect rays. 



2. P. secunda, L. (^serrated Wi?iter-green) ; flowers all leaning 

 one way racemed, leaves ovate serrated. E. Bot. t. 307. 



Rare in England ; Yorkshire, Ray. Not unfrequent in Fir woods 

 in Scotland, especially in the Highlands. Fl. July. 1^ . — Stems rather 

 straggling, branched. Peduncles 4 — 5 inches high, with several oval 

 scales or hracteas. Flowers small, greenish-white. Petals erect. 

 Style much protruded. Stigma 5-lobed. 



3. P. rotundifolia, L. (round-leaved Winter-greeii) ; flowers 

 drooping racemed, leaves obovato-rotundate slightly crenate, 

 style bent down curved upwards at the extremity, much longer 

 than the ascending stamens. E. Bol. t. 213. 



Moist woods and busby places, rare. Brad well and Middleton, Suffolk. 

 Larlingford, Norfolk. Kent. Guernse}', among tall reeds near the sea, 

 Messrs Christy andBabington. Gonnacha Wood, Forfarshire, J. D. H. 

 Many other places in Scotland, and some in Yorkshire have also been 

 assigned as stations of this plant, which is so often confounded with the 

 two following species, tiiat I cannot quote them with equal certainty. 

 Fl. July — Sept. If. — The largest of the Pyrola;, with white, spreading 



