Pyrola. ERICACE.^. 453 



3. Pyrola chlorantha, Nutt. Greenish-Jlowered Winter green. 



Leaves (small) orbicular-ovate, eniire or obscurely denticulate, coriaceous, dull, shorter 

 than the petiole, somewhat veiny ; scape nearly naked ; raceme few-flowered ; calyx short, 

 the lobes rather obtuse ; stigma with 5 erect teeth. — Swartz in act. hvlm. 1810. p. 190. t. 5; 

 Nutt. gen. 1. p. 273 ; Beck, hot. p. 226 ; Lodd. hot. cab. t. 1512; Hook. Jl. Bor.-Am. 2. 

 p. 46 ; DC. prodr. 7. p. 773. P. asarifolia, Radd. I. c. p. 23 /. 4./. 1 ; Torr.jl. \.p. 1:3, 

 excl. syn. Michx., Pursh <^ Gold. ; Beck, I. c. 



Leaves about an inch long, varying from nearly orbicular to broadly ovate or obovate, 

 sometimes rqtuse and a little cordate or uneqiial at the base, dark green ; the pel.ole 1-2 

 inches long, scarcely veined above, conspicuously but sparingly veined underneath. Scape 

 5-8 inches long, acutely angular, naked or with a solitary small scale. Raceme 5-8- 

 flowered, often secund ; the flowers smaller than in P. ellipt.ica, slightly odorous. Calyx 

 about one-fourth the length of the corolla. Petals elliptical, a little spreading, greenish while. 

 Style longer than the corolla : stigma minutely 5-tooilied. 



Dry sandy woods. Near Schenectady {Dr. L. C. Beck) ; Pine plains near Rome {Dr. 

 Knieskern) ; Penn-Yan {Dr. Sartwell) ; Rensselaer county {Dr. Wass), and in the northern 

 part of the Slate. June. 



4. Pyrola uliginosa, Torr. tS' Gr. (Plate LXIX.) Stvamp Winfergreen. 



Leaves nearly orbicular, obscurely crenale-dcnliculale, coriaceous, longer than the petiole, 

 somewhat veiny, nearly dull ; scape bracleale ; raceme many-flowered ; calyx one-fourth the 

 length of the petals, the segments broadly ovale, acute ; stigma with five small erect teeth. — 

 Torr. ^- Gr. in Geol. report of N. York, 1841. 



Rhizoma long and creeping. Leaves 1^-2 inches in diameter, sometimes inclining to 

 ovate or obovate, of a pretty firm texture, abruptly decurrent on the petiole at the base ; the 

 veins rather })romincnt, but not numerous. Scape 6-12 inches high, striateangular, fur- 

 nished with 2-4 conspicuous lanceolate bracts. Raceme 7 - 12-flowered, loose. Flowers 

 about two-thirds as large as in P. elliptica. Petals obovate-oblong, rather connivent, dull 

 purplish. Stamens ascending : filaments smooth : anthers (in the expanded flower) with two 

 short perforated horns at the summit ; the lobes 2-celled, but the septum at length separating 

 from the connective. Ovary depressed-globose : style declined and flexuous, filiform-clavate, 

 distinctly annulate at the summit : stigma with five distinct obtuse teeth. 



Sphagnous swamps, Oriskaiiy, Oneida county {Dr. Knieskern). June. This species is 

 intermediate between P. rolundifolia and P. chlorantha : differing from the former in ils 

 smaller, less coriaceous and nearly dull leaves, smaller purplish flowers and much shorter 

 calyx ; from the latter in its larger leaves, bractcate scape and acuminate calyx-segments, as 

 well as in the color of the flowers. 



