48. AaUlFOLIACEjE. 237 



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

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

 ling the straight style, stigma without a ring 5-lobed pointless. — 

 E. B. 2643. — St. 13. 12. — Fl. pale pink, many, on very short 

 pedicels, nearly closed. Style shorter than the ovary, included. 

 L. many. — Mossy woods aiad thickets. P. VI. VII. E. S. I. 



4. P. secun'da ( L.) ; 1. ovate acute serrate,,/?, in a secund ra- 

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

 inflexed equalling the long straight style, stigma 5-lohed without 

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

 ovaJ-oblong, nearly closed. Style very long, exserted. L. 

 many. — Mossy alpine woods. P. Vn. E. S. I. 



11. Mone'bes Salish. 



1. M. grandifldra (Salisb.). — E. B. 146. Pyrola uniflora 

 L. — L. few, roundish, serrate. Fl. solitary, terminal, large, 

 drooping', white, open, nearly an inch broad. Stam. shorter 

 than the pet. and closely adpressed to them. Stigmas very 

 large. — Woods in the north of Scotland, rare. P. VI. VII. S. 



Tribe V. Monotropea. 



12. Monoi'eopa Linn. 



1. M. Sypop'itys (L.) ; fl. in a drooping cluster, 8 stam. in 

 terminal, 10 in lateral fl., fr. erect, bracts and fl. glabrous ex- 

 ternally. — E. B. 69. — Inner side of the pet., filaments, germen 

 and style glabrous (Hypopitys glabra Bernh., DO.) or hairy 

 (M. multiflora Scop., DC.). — Plant 6 — 8 in. high, succulent, 

 simple, clothed with ovate scales, terminating in a short cluster, 

 dingy yellow, turning nearly black. Fl. with large scale-like 

 bracts. Not parasitical. Clusters sometimes erect. — Woods. 

 P. vn. Vm. YeUow Bird's-nest. E. S. I. 



Order XLVHI. AQUIFOLIACEiE. 



Sep. inferior, 4 — 9, imbricate. Cor. regular, 4 — 6-parted, 

 imbricate. Stam. inserted upon the base of the corolla and 

 alternate with its lobes. Disk 0. Ovary 2 — 6-celled ; ovules 

 solitary, pendulous, with a cupshaped seed-stalk. Fr. fleshy, not 

 bursting ; seeds stony, 2— 6.— N!o stipules. 



1. Ilex. Cal. 4 — 5-fid, persistent. Cor. rotate, 4 — 6-fld. 

 Stam. 4 — 5. Stigmas 4~-5, nearly sessile. Fr. fleshy,con- 

 taioing 4 — 5 seeds. 



