ERICACE*. 139 



StTBOBDBB rn. PYROLE^. (PmoLA Family.) 



Calyx free from the ovary . Corolla poly petalous. More or 

 less herbaceous evergreens. 



13. Py'rola. Calyx 2-parted. Petals 5, concave. Stamens 10. Stigma 



5-lobed. Leaves evergreen, clustered at the haae of an upright 

 scaly-bracted scape which bears u. simple raceme of nodding 

 flowers. 



14. Mone'ses. Petals 5, orbicular, spreading. Stamens 10. Stigma 



large, peltate, with 5 narrow radiating lobes. Plant having the 

 aspect of a Pyrola, hut the scape bearing a single terminal flower. 



15. Chimaplt'ila. Petals 5, concave, orbicular, spreading. Stamens 



10. Stigma broad and round, the border 5-crenate. Low plants 

 with running underground shoots, and thick, shining, sharply 

 serrate, somewhat whorled leaves. Flowers corymbed or um- 

 belled on a terminal peduncle. 



SuBOKDEB rv. MONOTROPBLffi. (Indian -Pipe Family.;, 



16. Slouot'ropa. A smooth perfectly white plant, parasitic on roots 



bearing scales instead of leaves, and a single flower at thesummU 

 of the stem. 



17. Pteros'pora. A purplish-brown clammy-pubescent pi ant, jKiramMc 



on the roots of pines. Stem simple. Flowers numerous, nodding, 

 white, forming a raceme. 



18. Bypop'ltys. A tawny or reddish parasitic plant, with several 



flowers in a scaly raceme, the terminal one' generally with .5 

 petals and 10 stamens, and the others with 4 petals and 8 stamens, 



I. GAl'LUSSA'CIA, H.B.K. HUCKLEBEKRT. 



1. G. resino'sa, Torr and Gr. (Black Httcklbbbbry. ) 

 Fruit black, without a, bloom. Kacemes short, 1-sided, in 

 clusters. Leaves oval or oblong. Branching strub, 1-3 feet 

 high. — Low grounds. 



2. G. dumo'sa, Torr. and Gr. (Dwaef Httcklebebky. ) 

 Fruit black, insipid. Eaoemes long, with leaf-like, persis- 

 tent bracts. Leaves obovate, oblong, mucronate. — Sandy- 

 low ground, Atl. Prov. 



2. TACCIN'nJM, L. Cbanbeeky. Blueeeebt. 

 1. V. Oxyeoe'eus, L. {Oxycoccus vulgaris, Pursh, in 

 INIacoun's Catalogue.) (Small Craiteeery.') A creeping or 



