268 GALACINEJE. (GALAX FAMILY.) ; 



19. MONOTBOPA, L. INDIAN-PIPE. 



Calyx of 2 - 5 deciduous sepals. Corolla 4 - 5-petalous, gibbous at the base, 

 deciduous. Stamens 8 - 10 : anthers reniform, opening across the apex. Stigma 

 broad, 4 - 5-rayed. Capsule ovoid, 8 - 10-furrowed, 4 - 5-celled. Seeds very nu- 

 merous, minute. Stems low, fleshy, white or reddish, scaly. Flowers solitary 

 or racemose, nodding. Capsules erect. Herbs parasitic on roots, or decayed 

 vegetable matter. 



1. MONOTROPA, Nutt. Stem l-flowered: sepals 2 -4 : petals 5 : anthers open- 

 ing by 2 chinks : style short and thick. 



1. M. uniflora, L. Shady woods, Florida to Mississippi, and northward. 

 Aug. and Sept. Stem smooth, 4' -10' high, white, turning black in drying. 

 Flower showy. 



2. HYPOPITYS, Dill. Stem several-flowered; the upper flower commonly with 

 5 petals and 10 stamens; the others with 4 petals and 8 stamens: sepals as many 

 as the petals : anthers opening by 2 unequal valves ; the smaller one erect : style 

 longer than the ovary. 



2. M. Hypopitys, L. (M. lanuginosa, Michx.} Shady woods, Florida 

 to Mississippi, and northward. Aug. Stems 4' - 8' high, pubescent, reddish. 



ORDER 77. GALACINE^E. (GALAX FAMILY.) 



Calyx small, 5-sepalous, persistent. Petals 5, hypogynous, obovate- 

 spatulate, deciduous. Stamens hypogynous; the filaments united into 

 a 10-toothed tube ; those opposite the petals sterile, the 5 alternate ones 

 shorter and bearing a roundish 1 -celled anther, which opens across the 

 top. Style short : stigma 3-lobed. Capsule ovoid, 3-celled, loculicidally 

 3-valved. Seeds numerous, fixed to the central placenta. Embryo 

 straight, in fleshy albumen. A smooth perennial stemless herb, erect 

 from a creeping scaly rhizoma. Leaves all radical, evergreen, round- 

 cordate, crenate, petioled. Scape (l-2high) simple, bearing a long 

 spiked raceme of small white flowers. 







1. GALAX, L. 



Characters of the order. 



1. G. aphylla, L. Open woods on the mountains of North Carolina. 

 June and July. Rhizoma deep red. 



ORDER 78. AQUIFOLIACE^. (HOLLY FAMILY.) 



Trees or shrubs, with alternate simple leaves, and small white or green- 

 ish flowers. Calyx 4 - 9-toothed. Corolla hypogynous, rotate, 4-9- 



