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270 LI. PYROLACE^. \^Mon€S€s. 



1, MoNESES. Cor. 5-partite. Stigma o-partite. 



2. PykoluV. Petals 5. Stigma 5 -lobed. 



1, MoNESES Sal. Moneses. 



Petals slightly connected at the base. Filaments subulate - 

 anthers with two tubular pores. Stigma 5-parte(L Maroins of 

 the valves of the capsule without any web. — Name from uovoc 

 one^ or alone, on account of the solitary flowers, and combined 

 petals. 



1. M. grandifiora Sal. {large-fio-wered ilf.). Pyrola uniflora 



L.:E. B. t. 146. 



Woods in Scotland, rare. Fir-wood near Brodie House, Forres, 

 "Woods at Scone. Coul, Koss-shire. In the Oak-wood, Knock of 

 Alves, near Elgin. %., 7, — Stem scarcely any, bearing a few orbi- 

 cular, petiolate and obscurely serrate leaves, and a single peduncle^ 

 with one large, nearly white, very fragrant j^tjzt*er. 5^7/Ze short, sti*ai<i-ht. 

 Stigma large, with 5 erect rays. 



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2. PYKOii-A Linn, Winter-OTeen. 



Petals 5y distinct. Filaments subulate; anthei^-cells usually 

 truncate and opening by a pore at the base, rarely with two 

 tubular pores. Stigma 5-lobed. Margins of the valves of the 

 capsule connected with a web. — IsTamed from Pyrus^ ^pear; I Pl 



from a fancied resemblance in its flowers to those of a Pear-tree. i 



) ; flo\vers racemose all leaninor J mti 



one way, leaves ovate serrate. E. jB. t. 517. I m^k 



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Rare in the north of England ; near Keswick, Cumberland. Not I '"'■ 



iinfrequeat in fir-woods in Scotland, especially in the Highlands. fl M 



1^. 7. — 6'ifem rather straggling, branched. Peofimcfes 4 - 5 inches ' "" 



high, with several oval scales or bracteus. Flowers small, greenish- '^ 

 white. Petals erect. Style much protruded. Stigma 5-lob°d, 



2. P. rotund>f6lia L. (round-leaved TF.) ; flowers drooping I "F^" 



racemose, leaves obovate-rotundate slightly crenate, style beiit I ^"i 



down curved upwards at the extremity, much longer than the '" 



ascending stamens. E. B. t. 213. — /3. bracteata; leaves smaller, 

 scape scaly throughout its whole length. P. maritima Ken. in 

 Fliytol. II. p. 727. 



^ J^^"ft woods and bushy places, rare. Bradwell and Middleton, 

 bufTolk; Larlingford, Norfolk; Hawthcrndean and in Castle-Eden 

 -Uene, Durham ; near Halnaby and Hackness, Yorkshire. Guernsey, 

 among tall reeds near the sea. Gonnacha Wood, GlencloTa, and 

 bidlaw Hills, Forfarshire; Auchindenny woods near Edinburgh. 

 li. hands on the Lancashire coast, Mr. Kemjon. ij.. 7_9 —The 

 largest of the Pt,rolcB ^Yith white, spreadmg Jiowers : well distinguished 

 by the direction and relative length of its stame7is and style. The 

 latter IS more than twice as long as the fully formed capsule, and is 

 singularly curved. Stigma with 5 erect points 



