PYROLA. MONESES. 217 



Tribe IV. Pyrolece. 



10. Pyrola iiww. Winter-green. 



1 . P. rotundifolia (L.) ; 1. nearly round entire or slightly ere- 

 nate, fl. racemose, cal.-segments lanceolate acute, style bent down 

 and curved upwards at the end longer than the ascending stam., 

 stigma annular with 5 erect blunt points. — E. B. 213. — Fl. white, 

 rather many, expanded. Style longer than the petals. Stam. 

 all turned upwards. L. many. — -/S. bracteata (H. and A.) ; 1. 

 smaller, st. with bracts throughout, cal.-segments shorter and 

 broader. — Damp bushy places and reedy marshes. /3. Sand-hills 

 near Lytham, Lancashire. P. VIII. E. S. 



2. P. media (Sw.); 1. nearly round or roundish-oval slightly 

 crenate, fl. racemose, cal.-segments ovate acute, stam. regularly 

 inflexed shorter than the nearly straight declining style, stigma 

 annular with 5 erect points. — E.B. 1945. — Fl. milk-white, tinged 

 with pink, rather many, less expanded than in the preceding. 

 Style projecting a little beyond the corolla, always nearly straight. 

 Stam. all regularly incurved round the germen. L. many. — 

 Woods in the north. P. VII. VIII. 



3. P. minor (L.) ; 1. roundish-oval crenate, fl. racemose, cal.- 

 segments ovate-triangular acute, stam. regularly inflexed equal- 

 ling the straight style, stigma without a ring 6-lobed pointless. 

 —E. B. 2543 and 158 (bad). St. 13. 12.— Fl. pale pink, many, 

 on very short pedicels, nearly closed. Style very short, included. 

 Stam. all equally inflexed. L. many. — Mossy woods and thickets. 

 P. VII. 



4. P.secunda (L.); 1. ovate acute serrate, _^. in a secund ra- 

 ceme, cal.-segments triangular rounded notched, stam. regularly 

 incurved equalling the long straight style, stigma 5-lobed without 

 a ring or points.— E. B. 517- St. 13. 13. — Fl. white, drooping, 

 oval-oblong, nearly closed. ' Style very long, exserted. L. many. 

 — ^Mossy alpine woods. P. VII. 



1 1 . MoNESES Salisb. 



1. M. grandifiora (Salisb.). — Pyrola uniflora Sm., E. B. 146, 

 — L. few, roundish, serrate. Fl. solitary, termiaal, large, droop- 

 ing, white, open, nearly an inch broad. Stam. shorter than the 

 pet. and closely adpressed to them. Stigmas very large. — Woods 

 in Scotland, rare. P. VI. VII. S. 



