404 166. Moneses. 36. ERICIN^. Tlex.cal. 



Moist places in alpine woods ; perennial ; July. 

 Peduncles xxpvi^t; flowers smelMike the may-lilj, white, 

 with reddish lines. 



C. MoNOTROP^. Anthers peltate, horizontal, 1-celled, not 

 opening by 2 foramens ; plant leafless, parasitical. 



XIII. 167. HYPOPITYS. Dillenius. Pine-sap. 



Calyx 3 to 5-parted; corolla 3 to 5-parted, falling oflfj 

 lobes hooded at the bottom; stamens 6 to 10, 2 at the base 

 of each lobe; anthers small, horizontal, 1-celled, opening 

 flat at last; stigma orbicular, edge beai'ded; capsule 5-celled, 

 5-valved; seeds many, awlshape, minute, winged. — Plant 

 parasitic, destitute of verdure, odour musty ; root fibrous ; 

 stems aggregate, simple, enlarged at bottom, fleshy, scaly ; 

 scales imbricate below, alternate above; racemes first bent, 

 then w^v'i^t', flowers pedicelled; bractea 1 to each flower. 



Hypopitys lutea. Yellow pine-sap. 



Plant yellow, bald; flowers peduncled, 3 or 4-cut; ter- 

 minal flower 5-cut. 



Hypopitys lutea, Rail Syn. 317, 1. 

 Monotropa Hypopithys, Lin.S. P. 555. 

 Hypopitys europaea, Nutall Gen. 

 Yellow Birds-nest. 



On the roots of birches or pines ; perennial ; June. 

 Herh on drying becomes black, and acquires a stronger 

 odour; hractece s,csXy . 



Fam* II. 37. VACCINIEiE. De Candolle. Ericacearum 

 pars, Ventenat. Ericarum pars, Jussieu. 

 Bicornum pars, Linnaeus. Vacciniorum 

 pars, Adanson. 



Calyx 1 -leafed, not cut or toothed, small, adherent to 

 the ovary ; corolla hypogynous, 1-petaled, 4 or 5-parted, 

 regular, falling off"; aestivation imbricate ; stamens definite, 

 8 or 10, 2 at the base of each lobe, hypogynous; anthers 

 opening by 2 pores ; ovary adherent, many-celled ; style 1 ; 

 stigma 1, either cut or not; berry umbilicated, 4 or 5-celled ; 

 cells many-seeded; seeds on a central spermophore; peri- 

 sperm fleshy ; corculum nearly as long as the perisperm ; 

 cotyledons very short ; radicle very long, below, 



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