210 48. AQUIFOLIACES. 
a ring or points.—E. B. 517. St. 13. 13.—Fl. white, drooping, 
oval-oblong, nearly closed. Style very long, exserted. L. nu- 
merous.—Mossy alpine woods. P. VII. 
11. Monegsss Salis6. 
1. M. grandiflora (Salisb.).—Pyrola uniflora Sm., E. B. 146. 
—L. few, roundish, serrated. FI. solitary, terminal, large, droop- 
ing, white, open, nearly an inch broad. Stam. shorter than the 
pet. and closely adpressed to them. Stigmas very large.— Woods 
in Scotland, rare. P. VI. VII. 
Tribe V. Monotropee. 
12. Monotropa Linn. 
1. M. Hypopitys (L.); fl. in a drooping cluster, lateral ones 
with 8 terminal with 10 stamens, fr. erect, bracts and fl. glabrous 
externally.—E. B.69.—Inner side of the pet., filaments, germen 
and style glabrous (Hypopitys glabra Bernh., DC.); or hairy 
(H. multiflora Scop., DC.).—Plant 6—8 in. high, succulent, 
simple, clothed with ovate scales, terminating in a short cluster, 
dingy yellow, at length turning nearly black. Fl. with large 
sealy bracts. Not parasitical. (Phytol. i. 341.) Clusters some- 
times erect.—Woods. P. VII. VIII. Yellow Bird’s-nest. 
Order XLVIIT. AQUIFOLIACEA. 
Sep. inferior, 4—6, imbricated. Cor. regular, 4—6 parted, 
imbricate. Stam. inserted into the base of the corolla and al- 
ternate with its lobes. Disk 0. Ovary 2—6-celled; ovules so- 
litary, pendulous, with a cupshaped seed-stalk. Fr. fleshy, not 
bursting ; seeds stony, 2—6. 
1. Ibex. Cal. 4—5-fid, persistent. Cor. rotate, 4—5-fid. 
Stam. 4—5, inserted upon the corolla. Stigmas 4—5, 
nearly sessile. Fr. fleshy, containing 4—5 1-seeded nuts. 
1. Ivex Linn. Holly. 
1. I. Aquifolium (L.); 1. ovate acute spinous wavy shining, 
peduncles axillary short many-flowered, fl. somewhat umbellate. 
—E. B.496. St. 7.4.—A small tree. LL. evergreen, often quite 
entire on the upper branches, edged with strong spinous teeth 
and terminated by a spine on the lower ones. Fl. white. Berries 
scarlet.—Woods and hedges. T. VI.—VIII. 
