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loose, many-flowered. Calyx and teeth lanceolate, acuminate, with 

 apex recurved, half as long as the shallow, widely open corolla. 

 Stamens curved upwards. Style bent downwards, with the apex 

 ascending, thickened above in a ring, and there as wide as the 

 stigma, projecting from the corolla. Flowers white. Anthers 

 and style orange-red. 



Shady, Alpine, and sub-alpine woods. June, July. 



Distribution. — Eastern, Central, and Western Alps ; Europe, 

 Central and Northern Asia, N. America. British. 



Pyrola media Swartz. 



Differs from the next chiefly in the style, which is considerably 

 longer, and from the last in never being so curved. The flowers 

 are variable in size. 



Woods and moist, shady places ; not very common. June, July. 



Distribution. — Europe, ascending the mountains in the south 

 and in the Caucasus ; Armenia, Northern Asia, extreme north of 

 N. America. British. 



Pyrola minor L. Common Wintergreen. 



Leaves on long stalks as in the 2 last, broadly ovate, rather 

 thick, entire or slightly crenate. Flowers drooping in a short, loose 

 raceme. Sepals short and broad, rather triangular. Petals con- 

 nivant, ovate or orbicular, quite free, closing over the stamens, 

 often pinkish. Style usually shorter than corolla, nearly straight, 

 with a broad, 5-lobed, spreading stigma. 



Woods and shady places. June, July. 



Distribution. — Europe, Northern and Western Asia, and extreme 

 north of N. America. British. 



Pyrola chlorantha Swartz. 



Somewhat like P. rotundifolia, but with the long style more 

 curved and reflexed. Root-leaves orbicular, rounded at the top, 

 and sometimes almost truncate at the base, though variable, 

 slightly toothed, longly petioled. Inflorescence loose, 5-7 flowered. 

 Flowers greenish white. Sepals ovate, acuminate, very short. 



Mountain woods up to 6000 feet ; rather rare. June, July. 



Distribution. — Alps, Jura, Cevennes, Pyrenees, Corsica, Central 

 and Northern Europe, Asia Minor, N. America. 



Pyrola secunda L. (Plate XIII.) 



Raceme unilateral. Style long and nearly straight. Leaves ovate, 

 acute, distinctly toothed and prominently veined. Flowers small, 

 greenish white. Easily distinguished from all the other species 

 by the leaves and flowers. 



Mountain woods of the sub-alpine region ; common. June, July. 



Distribution. — Alps, Jura, Pyrenees, Corbieres, Cevennes ; Europe, 

 Western and Arctic Asia, N. America, British, 



