218 HOLLY FAMILY. 



20. PT^-ROLA, -WINTERGREEN, SHIN-LEAF. (Old name, diminu- 

 tive of Pyrus, the Pear-tree, the application not obvious.) Flowers mostly 

 greenish-vfhite, in summer.) 

 * FIxmers nodding, the petals partly expanding, the hanging style more or less 



curved, tipped with a narrow stigma, and stamens ascending. 

 P. rotundifdlia. Damp or sandy woods ; has thick and shining round 



leaves on short petioles, many-flowered raceme, and blunt anthers : a variety m 



bogs has rose-purple flowers. , •, ,, • u^ i 



P elliDtiea. Rich woods N. ; has thinnish and dull upright leaves on 



rather long and margined petioles; the greenish-white flowers nearly as in the 



^"^p! chTor^ntha. Open woods N. ; smaller, the scape only 5' -6' high, with 

 » few greenish-white flowers, tliick but dull roundish leaves only 1' long, and 

 anthers short-horned. 



« * Flowers all tamed to one side, rather spreading than nodding, the petals con- 

 nioing, stamens and style straigU, stigma large and 5-rayed. 



P. seCTinda. Rich woods N. & E. . slender, 3' -6' high, with thin ovate 

 leaves and dense spike-like raceme. 



21 MONESES, ONE-FLOWERED WINTERGREEN. (Name, from 

 the Greek, refers to the solitary flower.) Flowering in early summer. 

 M uniflora Cold woods N. E. . with roundish and serrate veiny leaves 



about i' long, scape 2' - i' high, and rather large white or rose-colored flower. 



22. CHIMAPHILA, PIPSISSEWA or PRINCES-PINE. (Name 

 from Greek, means lover of winter, i e. Wintergreen ) Plants of dry woods, 

 branched at base, 3'- 10' high, with fragrant wax-like mostly flesh-colored 

 flowers, in early summer. 



C. umbellilta, Common P. Leaves wedge-lanceolate, sharply serrate, not 

 spotted ; flowers 4-7, with viole^colored anthers. 



C. maeul&,ta, Spotted P. Lower, 3' -6' high, with ovate-lanceolate 

 remotely tootlied leaves blotched with white, and 1-5 flowers. 



23. MONOTROPA, INDIAN PIPE. (Name from the Greek, refers to 

 the flower or summit of the stem turned over to one side or hanging : in 

 fruit it straightens.) Fl. summer. 



M. uniflora. Common Indian Pipe or Corpse-plant ; in rich woods; 

 smooth, waxy-white all over, 3' - 6' high, with one rather large nodding flower 

 of 5 petals and 10 stamens. 



M. Hyp6pitys, Pine-sap or False Beech-drops ; in Oak and Pine 

 woods; rather downy, tawny or reddish, fragrant, 4' -12' high, with several 

 smallish flowers in a scaly raceme, having 4 petals and 8 stamens, or the upper- 

 most 5 petals and 10 stamens. 



65. AQ,UIFOLIACE.ffi, HOLLY FAMILY. 



Trees or shrubs, with alternate simple leaves, small mostly po- 

 lygamous or dioecious axillary flowers, havin;; divisions of the free 

 calyx, petals (these almo.-^t or quite distinct), stamens (alternate 

 with petals), and cells of the ovary of the same number (4-6 or 

 even 9, and fruit berry-like, containing 4-6 single-seeded little 

 stones. Solitary ovule hanging from the top of each cell. Sessile 

 Btip;mas 4-6, or united into one. Flowers white. 



Nemopanthes CanadiSnsis, sometimes called Mountain Hol- 

 ly, shrub with slender petals and large dull red berries, in cold 

 woods or bogs N., is the only representative besides the species of 



