454 ERICACEAE. Pyrola. 



• * Stavw lis creel : style slraigkt : sligma dUaled, not annulate. 



5. Pyrola secunda, Linn. One-sided Wintergreen. 



Leaves broadly ovate, acute, serrate, longer than the petiole ; raceme many-flowered, dense, 

 the flowers all leaning one way ; style exserted ; stigma depressed, obtusely 5-lobed. — Linn, 

 sp. 1. p. 396 ; Engl. hot. t. 517 ; Fl. Dan. t. 402 ; MicJix. ft. I. p. 250 ; Pursh, fl. 1. 

 p. 299 ; Bigel. Jl. Bost. p. 174 ; Torr. fl. 1. p. 434 ; Beck, hot. p. 227 ; Darlingt.fl. Cest. 

 p. 265 ; Hook. fl. Bor.-Am. 2. p. 45 ; DC. prodr. 7. p. Tl^. 



Rhizoma long and slender. Stems 1-2 inches long, decumbent. Leaves rather mem- 

 branaceous, about an inch long, sharply serrated, a little shining, much longer than the petiole. 

 Peduncle scape-like, 4-6 inches high, furnished with several small lanceolate bracts. Ra- 

 ceme 1-2 inches long. Calyx very small, with short ovate segments. Corolla greenish 

 white ; the petals oblong, erect. Stamens about as long as the corolla : anthers rose-color ; 

 the lobes imperfectly 2-celled. Style thick : stigma peltate. 



Shady woods, in rich soil ; rare in the southern part of the State ; rather common in the 

 western counties. June - July. Indigenous also to Europe. 



§2. MoNESEs, Salisb Peduncles one-flowered : stigma radiately 5-parted : sutures of the capsule 



not woolly. 



6. Pyrola uniflora, Linn, One-Jloioered Wintergreen. 



Leaves nearly orbicular, serrate ; scape one-flowered ; style straight. — Linn. sp. 1. p. 397; 

 Engl. hot. t. 517 ; Michx. fl. 1. p. 250 ; Pursh, fl. 1. p. 299 ; Bigel. fl. Bost. p. 174 ; 

 Torr. fl. I. p. 434 ; Beck, hot. p. 227 ; Hook. fl. Bor.-Am. 2. p. 45. Moneses grandiflora, 

 Salisb. in Gray arrang. Brit. pi. 2. p. 403 ; DC. prodr. 7. p. 775. 



Stem very short, ascending. Leaves often orbicular-ovate or sometimes reniform, 6-8 

 lines long, dull, membranaceous, distinctly crenate-scrrate, usually longer than the petiole. 

 Scape 2-5 inches high, with one or two small ovate bracts. Flower 6-8 lines in diameter. 

 Calyx scarcely one-fifth the length of the petals, 5-parted ; the segments ovate, obtuse. Petals 

 white or sometimes tinged with rose-color, nearly orbicular, spreading. Stamens shorter than 

 the petals ; the anther-lobes imperfectly 2-celled. Style rather short and thick : stigma large, 

 with five conspicuous rays. Capsule depressed, obtusely 5-angled. 



Woods ; not rare in the northern part of the State. Near Troy {Dr. Wright) ; Otsego 

 county {Dr. Douglas) ; Yates county {Dr. Sartwell) ; Chautauqua county {Miss Hazeltine). 

 June. A native also of Europe. 



