48. AatrrpoxiACE^. 231 



ceding. Style projecting a little beyond the corolla, longer 

 tlian the ovary, always nearly straight. L. many. — Woods in 

 the North. P. Vn. VIU. E. 8. I. 



S. P. minor (L.) ; 1. roundish-oval crenate, fl. racemose, cal.- 

 segments ovate-prolonged acute, stam. regularly inflexed equal- 

 ling the straight style, stigma without a ring 5-lobed pointless. — 

 E. B. 2543. — St. i3. 12.— Fl. pale pink, many, on very short 

 pedicels, nearly closed. Style shorter than the ovary, included. 

 L. many. — Mossy woods and thickets. P. VIE. E. 8. I. 



4. F. seeun'da (h.) ; 1. ovate acute serrate,^, in a secund ra- 

 ceme, cal.-segments triangular rounded notched, stam. regularly 

 inflexed equalling the long straight style, stigma 5-lobed without 

 a ring or points. — E. B. 517. St. 13. 13.— PL white, drooping, 

 oval-oblong, nearly closed. Style very long, exserted. L. 

 many. — Mossy alpine woods. P. VII. E. S. I. 



11. Mone'ses Salish. 



1. M. grandiflSra (Salisb.). — E. B. 146. Pyrola uniflwa 

 Sm. — L. few, roimdish, serrate. Fl. solitary, terminal, large, 

 drooping, white, open, nearly an inch broad. Stam. shorter 

 than the pet. and closely adpressed to them. Stigmas very 

 large. — Woods in the north of Scotland, rare. P. VI. VII. S. 



Tribe V. Monotropea, 



12. Moitoi'kopa Linn, 



1. M. Eypop'Uys (L.) ; fl, in a drooping cluster, 8 stam. in 

 terminal, 10 in lateral n., fr. erect, bracts and fl. glabrous ex- 

 ternally.— .E^. -B. 69. — Inner side of the pet., filaments, germen 

 and style glabrous {Hypopitys glabra Bemh., DC.) or hairy 

 (H. midtiflora Bava., DO.). — Plant 6 — 8 in. high, succulent, 

 simple, clothed with ovate scales, terminating in a short cluster, 

 dingy yellow, turning nearly black. Fl. with large scale-like 

 bracts. Not parasitical ? Clusters sometimes erect. — ^Woods. 

 P. vn. Vin. Telhw Bird's-nest. E. S. I. 



Order XLVIII. AQUIPOLIACE.^, 



Sep. inferior, 4 — 9, imbricate. Cor. regular, 4 — 6-parted, 

 imbricate. Stam. inserted upon the base of the corolla and 

 alternate with its lobes. Disk 0. Ovary 2 — 6-celIed ; ovules 

 solitary, pendulous, with a cupshaped seed-stalk. Fr. fleshy, not 

 bursting ; seeds stony, 2 — 6. — No stipules. 



