was sent, containing other rarities, from the neighbourhood of 
Montreal, by Mr Maciran. Its first appearance above ground 
. was more like that of some thick white and fleshy Clavaria, 
than of any phenogamous plant; and the whole substance re- 
sembled of white wax. 
It appears to inhabit a great extent of country in North 
America, having been found in Canada, in Carolina and Geor- 
gia, and I believe in many intermediate districts. 
Mr Nurraut has separated from the genus Monotropa 
the M. Hypopithys, under the name of Hypopithys europea, 
principally in consequence of a slight difference in the filaments 
and anthers; but the general habit of the plant, and every es- 
sential particular, are so similar in the two individuals, that I 
can by no means assent to this change. Like our European 
species, the present plant turns black in drying, but it is desti- . 
tute of that agreeable primrose-like fragrance which is so re- 
markable both in the living and recently dried state of M. Hy- 
popithys. 
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Stamens and _pistil. Fig. 8. Pistil. Fig. 9. Section of the Germen.— 
All but Fig. 1. more or less magnified. 
