Moneses. ERICACEiE, ^r^(j 



L. PALUSTRE, Limi., whicli grows rouml tlie world far iiortli, and L. latifolicm, Ait., wliii;li 

 extends from Newfoundland to Uregou (the only other species), are not met with iu California, 

 which has a peculiar sjieeies, viz. 



1. L. glandulosum, Nutt. Shrub 2 to 6 feet high, erect, glabrous or nearly 

 so : leaves obloug or oval, pale and clotted with resinous scaly dots beneath, anil 

 when young somewhat resinous above, slender-pctioled : corymbs terminal and 

 sometimes axillary, often compound : stamens 4 to 10 : capsule oval. — Trans. Am. 

 Phil. Soc. n. ser. viii. 270 (subgen. Ledodendron) ; Watson, liot. King Exp. 211. 



Mendocino Co., along the coast range, to Oregon, and through the Sierra Nevada, at and above 

 4,000 feet : also in the Nevada and Rocky Mountains. Leaves an inch or.two long, the margins 

 little or not at all revolute, the lower surface destitute of the wool of the other sjjecies. Flowers 

 resembUng those of X. latifoUum. 



12. CHIMAPHILA, Pursh. Pipsissewa. 

 Corolla of 5 rotately spreading orbicular and concave petals. Stamens 10 : lila- 

 meuts enlarged and hairy in the middle : anthers extrorse in the bud, introrse in 

 the flower, opening by a round hole at the tapering summit of each cell. Style very 

 short, inversely conical, nearly immersed in the depressed umbilicate summit of the 

 ovary : stigma broad, orbicular, its border somewhat 5-crenate. Capsule depressed- 

 globose, 5-lobed, 5-celled, loculicidally dehiscent from the apex downwards, the 

 edges of the valves glabrous. — Low, nearly herbaceous, evergreen perennials : with 

 long underground shoots, ascending stems bearing thick and smooth shining sliarply 

 serrulate leaves in irregular whorls or pairs, or scattered, and a terminal luiked 

 peduncle supporting a few fragrant flowers in a corymb or umbel. JJracts scaly. 

 Petals white or flesh-color, waxy : others violet or purple. 



A small North American genus, extending into Mexico, the commonest species also in Europe 

 and Japan : in the latter also a peculiar species very like one of ours. All grow in dry woods, 

 especially on hillsides and in the shade of coniferous trees. 



1. C. umbellata, ISTutt. A span to a foot high, branching : leaves oblanceolato 

 or wedge-shaped, entire towards the tapering base, bright green, not spotted : ]ie- 

 duncle 4 - 7-flowered : bracts narrow, deciduous : filaments hairy on the margins 

 only. — Barton, Veg. Mat. Med. t. 1. C. corymbosa, Pursh. Pyrola nmbdlata, 

 Linn. ; Bigel. Med. Bot. t. 21. 



This, the common Pipsissewa or Princes Pine of the Eastern States, Oregon, &c., also found 

 both on the eastern and western sides of the Old Woiid and in Mexico, appears to be raie in 

 California and only in the north. Mount Shasta {Brewer) ; Mendocino Co. {Bolander) ; Sierra 

 Valley, Lrmmon. 



2. C. Menziesii, Spreng. A span high, sparingly branched : leaves varying 

 from ovate to oblong-lanceolate, acute at both ends, small (h to 1| inches long), 

 purplish beneath, sometimes variegated with white above : peduncle 1 - 3-flowered : 

 bracts ovate or roundish : filaments villous on the dilated middle portion. — Hook. 

 PI. ii. 49, t. 138. Pyrola Menziesii, Don. 



Pine woods, in the Sierra Nevada, and from Mendocino Co. northward, through Oregon. 

 Most resembles the eastern C maculata and the recently discovered C. Juponica. 



13. MONESES, Salisb. 



Corolla as in Clilviapldla. Stamens 10 : filaments not enlarged in the midtlle, 

 subulate, naked : anthers as in Cliimapldla, but the cells contracted into a distinct 

 short tube at the extremity. Style exserted, straight : stigma large, peltate, and 

 with 5 short radiating lobes. Capsule as in Ghiumvphila. Parts of the flower occa- 

 sionally in fours instead of fives. — A single species known, viz. 



