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COROLLIFLOR^ 



stems, sim])lo, smooth, veiny evergreen leaves, and large, often fra- 

 graul, flowers, which grow either singly or in a stalked terminal 

 chister ; and Monotropa, a leafless parasitic plant, with the habit 

 of an Ornhanche (Broom-rape), growing on the roots of firs and 

 other trees. 



1. Pyrola (Winter-green). — Sepals 5 ; corolla of 5 deep lobes or 

 petals ; skiimns 10 ; anthers 2-celled ; stigma 5-lobed. (Name 

 signifying a little pear, from a fancied resemblance between its leaves 

 and those of that tree.) 



2. Monotropa (Bird's-nest). — Sepals 4-5 ; petals 4-5, swollen at 

 the base ; stam.ens 8-10 ; anthers i-celled ; stigma flat, not lobed. 

 (Name from the Greek, monos, one, and Irepo, to turn, the flowers 

 being turned all one way.) 



I. Pyrola (Winter-green) 



1. P. nniflora (Single-flowered Winter-green). — A remarkably 

 pretty plant, bearing several roundish egg-shaped, smooth, and 

 veiny leaves, and running up into a single flower-stalk, which bears 

 one large elegant white drooping, highly fragrant flower. Moun- 

 tainous woods in Scotland ; rare. — Fl. July. Perennial. 



2. P. rotundifolia (Round-leaved winter-green). — Flowers numer- 

 ous, white ; distinguished by its long style bent down, and at 



the extremity curved upwards. Damp 

 woods, Kent, Norfolk, and Suffolk, or 

 as far north as Inverness ; very rare. 

 ■ — ^Fl. July to September. Perennial. 



3. P. media (Intermediate Winter-green). 

 — Resembling both P. rotundifolia and 

 P. minor, but the style is erect, nearly 

 straight, and much longer than the sta- 

 mens. Found chiefly in Northern Britain. 

 — Fl. July, August. Perennial. 



4. P. minor (Common Winter-green). — 

 Flowers on short stalks, tinged with pink, 

 enclosing the rather large stigma. Found 

 chiefly in the north. — Fl. July, August. 

 Perennial. 



5. P. sccimda (One-sided Winter-green). 

 — Flowers numerous, greenish, all turned 

 to one side ; style long and straight, 

 protruding from the incurved petals. 

 Found in York.shire and Scotland. — 

 Fl. July. Pereimial. 



Pyrola Media ^^''' Pyrolas are all of very local occur- 



(Intermediate Wiiitey- green) rence in Britain. 



