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and Tenn., in sandy woods. Habit much like the last, but it is readily distin- 

 guished by its variegated leaves. Stem 3^-4' high. Leaves 1 — 2' long, ^ as 

 •wide, marked with a whitish streak along the midvein and veinlets. Flowers 

 purplish-white, on nodding pedicels. Jn., Jl. 



Suborder V. GALACINE.^. 



28. GA^LAX, L. Beetle-weed. (Gr. ydXa, milk ; referring prob- 

 ably to its milk-white flowers.) Calyx of 5 distinct, persistent sepals ; 

 corolla of 5, oblong-obovate, distinct petals ; stamens hypogynous, fila- 

 ments 10, united into a tube with as many teeth, those opposite the pe- 

 tals sterile, anthers 5, 1-celled opening across the top ; capsule 3-celled ; 

 seeds go, inclosed in a loose, cellular testa. — 2J! Roots tufted, creeping, 

 deep red, sending up roundish-cordate, long-stalked, glabrous Ivs. and a 

 scape bearing a dense raceme of white fls. 



C. aphylla L. Damp, mountain woods, Md. (Mr. Shriver) to Tenn. (at Cumber- 

 land Gap), and S. Car. Lvs. large (2 to 3' diam.), crenate-dentate, often reniform. 

 Scape 1 to 2f high, naked except a mass of red scales at the base. Spike several 

 inches long, milk-white. Jl., Aug. 



Suborder VI. M O N O T E O P E ^. 



29. MONOT'ROPA, L. Indian Pipe. Pine Sap. (Gr. iJ.6vog, one, 

 rpsTTO), to turn; i. e., turned one way.) Calyx of 1 to 5 bract-like se- 

 pals ; petals 4 to 5, connivent in a bell-shaped corolla, gibbous at base ; 

 stamens 8 to 10 ; anthers opening transversely at apex ; stigma discoid, 

 5-rayed ; capsule 4 to 5-celled, 4 to 5-valved ; seeds numerous, minute. 

 — Low, parasitic herbs, of a white or tawny color, furnished witli scale- 

 like bracts instead of leaves. 



§ Sepnls (or bracts) 1 to 3. Flower Bolitary, scentless. Style very short .No, 1 



§ Sepals 4 or 5. Flowers in a seciind raceme, fragrant. Style long No. 3 



1 M. uniflora L. Indian Pipe. Bird's Nest. St. short ; scales approximate ; 

 fl. nodding ; fr. erect. — Common in woods, Can. and IT. S. A small, succulent 

 plant, about 6' high, of a dirty white in all its parts. St. furnished with sessile, 

 lanceolate, semi-transparent lvs. or bracts, and bearing a large, terminal flower, 

 sessile and nodding on the* reflexed top. Common in woods, near the base of 

 trees on whose roots it is doubtless parasitic. Jn. — Sept. — In the southern plant 

 the flower is more or less pedunculate. 



2 M. Hyp<5pytis L. Pine Sap. Bird's Nest. More or less downy ; pedicels 

 as long as the flower; caps subglobous. — Woods, N. Y., Can. to Car. W. to Wise. 

 The whole plant is of a tawny white or reddish color. Root a tangled ball of 

 fibers. Scape 6 — 10' high, with many concave scales, covered with dowa Fls. 

 1 — 12, in a terminal raceme, drooping at first, becoming erect. Pedicels 1—2" 

 long, bracts and flowers 3 times as long. Only the terminal flower is generally 

 decandrous ; the lateral ones have 8 stamens and 4 petals. Aug. 



30. SCHWEINIT'ZIA, Ell. Carolina Beech-drops. (To Bev. Lewis 

 de Schweinitz, of N. C, a pioneer botanist.) Calyx persistent, of 5 erect, 

 ovate-acuminate sepals ; corolla persistent, campanulate, limb 5-lobed ; 

 stamens 10, anthers awnless, opening by pores at apex; style thick, 

 stigma large, 5-angled, capsule 5-celled, 5-valved; seeds numerous, 

 minute. — Plant leafless, brownish. Fls. subsessile, capitate, reddish- 

 white, with the odor of the violet. 



S. odorata Ell. Rich, shady soils, Md. to N. Oar. (Curtis). Plant 3 to 4' high, 

 with the habit of Monotropa. Feb.. Mar. 



