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4. Thelaia spathiilata in. (Pjjrola picfa et denlaia Sm.). 



Spateliges Bogengrün. — Spattleleaved Cjurvedgrecn. 



— Thelaie spatJitilee. 



P^rola picta Smith iu Rees cycl. vol. '28. — üC. prodr. 

 VII. p. 7/3. — G. Dou gen. syst. III. 864. — Hook. fl. bor. 

 am. II. 47. 



Pyrola dentata Smith in Rees ryol. v. 28. ii. 6. — DC. 

 prodr. VII. p. 773. — D.Doii mcm. Soo. V. p. 235. — G. Dou 

 geu. syst. III. p. 864. 



Diagnosf's. Folia lamiua spathulata vel cnneato-lan- 

 ceolata v. ciineato-ovata, roriarissima, siihtiis nihioiiiida, sii- 

 pra viriHi saepiiis all>ido- iiotata ; pednnciiliis sqnainis lancpo- 

 lato-subulatis, pednncnlo angnstioribns •, bracfeae liiieari- 

 subiilatae; calyx laciniis fere aeqiiilatcro- triangularihus, acii- 

 tis, 11011 aruraiuatis, marginibiis vix convexis; Stylus corollae 

 loiigitiidiiie. 



Descriptio. Rhizoina repoiis. Caiilis hrt'vis, iii("r( men- 

 tnm aiinonim 2 — 3 ostendens, foliatiis, sqtiamatus. Sqiiamae 

 caiilis ovatae louge et acute acnminatae (iuterdum 0). Folio- 

 rum lamina plus miuusve spathulata \el cuueato-lauceolata, 

 vel cuneato-ovata , coriacissima, iutegerrima vcl crenulato- 

 dentata vel adpresso- dentata (8 — 11 deutes in iitroque latere, 

 iiuuquam sie mauit'esti ut Hook er deliueat,), subtiis rubi- 

 cunda, supra concolore- viridis vel albido-uotata secundiim 

 venas, paulo pefiolo decurrens, petiolus ^/3 — '/2 longitudiuis 

 lamiuae, itaque semper lamina multo brevior. Pedniiculus 

 squama nua vel uulla lineari-snbuiata, non amplexicauli et 

 pedunrulo angnstiore. Racemus 10 — 16-florus, laxus, bra- 

 cteis anguste-liueari -subniatis, laciniis calycinis multo angn- 

 stioribns , pedicello aeqnilongis vel brevioribus; pedicelli cor- 

 uni, altitudini corollae aequilongi. Calyx 5-fidns, laciuiis 



