' PYROLA. 



fcaly, without leaves. Anthers beaked. Style ileflexed 

 and recurved. Stij^ma with a cylindrical point. — Gathered 

 on the welt coall of North America, by Mr. Menzics, who 

 affures us the plant is always quite dcftitute of Imvt-s, inllcad 

 of which the angular^™; bears numerous lanceolate, mem- 

 branous, pointed y^a/i-j, about lialf an inch in lenjrth, a few 

 fimilar but more remote ones being fcattercd along the J?u/i, 

 which is angular. The Jlowers :ire nearly as large as the 

 lall, but our dried fpecimen will not allow us to determine 

 the pollure of the J/nme/is. The anthers are long and narrow, 

 with a fmall acute point at the contrary end to the pores. 

 Sty/f deflexed, its end fomewhat recurved. Sl'igma witli a 

 long cylindrical point, like the lait. 



8. P. pi3ii. Variegated Winter-green. — Leaves ovate, 

 fomewhat ferrated. Flowers drooping all one way. Pores 

 of the anthers contradted, tubular. Style curved. Stigma 



abrupt, with five fmall points This alfo was found by 



Mr. Menzies on the weil coaft of North America. In 

 fome points it agrees with the two lait, as well as with the 

 rotundifolta and its allies ; in others it refembles the follow- 

 ing, but is a totally diftinft fpecies. The leaves are near 

 ail inch and half long, and almofl an inch wide, ovate, 

 bluntiih, with fliallow, more or lefs dillant, ferratures, 

 rather flefliy, marked \vith large branching veins, and varie- 

 gated with white or yellowill-i blotches. Footjlalks nearly as 

 long as the leaves. Floiuer-Jlalk fix inches long, obliquely 

 afcending, quadrangular, twilled, bearing two or three (hort, 

 ovate, pointed fcales. Flowers numerous, as big as thofe 

 of the rotiwHifoUa, all, as far as we can judge from the dried 

 fpecimen, drooping toward one fide. Calyx fliort, broad, 

 and fpreading. Stamens all, as far as can be difcerned, alike 

 difpofed round the germen ; their anthers Ihort, ovate, mi- 

 nutely pointed, the pores prominent in the form of two 

 (hort narrow tubes, contrafted at the orifice. Style curved, 

 but we cannot tell in what diredlion. Stigma fcarcely at all 

 thicker than the ftyle, abrupt, with an acute edge, and ap- 

 parently five minute (harp central points. 



9. P. feciinda. Serrated Winter-green. Linn. Sp. 

 PI. 567. Willd. n.3. Ait. n. 3. Purflin.4. Fl. Dan. 

 t. 402. Engl. Bot. t. 517. (P. fecunda tenerior ; Cluf. 

 Hift. v. 2. 117. Ger. Em. 408. P. folio niucronato ; 

 Rivin. Pentap. Irr. t. 138. f. 2.) — Leaves ovate, acute, fer- 

 rated. Flowers drooping all one way. Pores of the anthers 

 dilated. Style llraight. Stigma dilated, five-lobed.— Na- 

 tive of molly alpine woods in various parts of Europe, from 

 Lapland to Greece, as well as of fandy barren woods in 

 North America, from Canada to New Jerfey, flowering in 

 July. It occurs in fir or birch woods, in feveral parts of 

 the highlands of Scotland ; as alfo near Moffat in the low- 

 lands ; and according to Ray in Yorklhire. The Jlevis are 

 long and trailing. Leaves fcattered or crowded, an inch or 

 more in length, with numerous fine fliallow ferratures, and 

 abundance of reticulated veins. Footjlalks half the length 

 of the leaves. Flower-Jlalk iiom three to fix inches long, 

 ereft, llraight ; round below ; angular above ; with t\\'o or 

 three green ovate fcales. Clujler of many crowded greeni/h- 

 white jloioers, not half the lize of the foregoing, nor fo 

 much expanded. Stamens regularly placed round the ger- 

 men, at firfl curved, then llraight. jinthers whitifh, fhort, 

 pbintlefs ; their pores fomewhat oblique, but not tubular, 

 foon becoming dilated and jagged. Style llraight, twice the 

 length of the flower. Stigma much dilated, annular, but 

 thin-edged, terminating in a large five-lobed urabilicated 

 fummit. 



10. P. uniflora. Single-flowered Winter-green. Linn. 

 Sp. PI. 568. Willd. n. 6. Ait. n. 6. Purfh n. 5. Fl. 

 Dan. t. 8. Engl. Bot. t. 146. (P. quarta minima ; Cluf. 

 Hiil. V. 2. 118. Ger. Em. 408. P. flora fingulari ; Rivin. 



Pentap. Irr. t. 139. f. i.) — Stalk bearing a folitary flower. 

 Pores of the anthers contrafted, tubular. Stigma with five 

 rays.-— Native of alpine foreils, among molly rills, in various 

 parts of Europe and North America. It was firit dif- 

 covered, in the Britifii dominions, by Mr. James Hoggan, 

 who gathered wild Ipecimens, now before us, in the weitern 

 iflaiids of Harris and Bernera, in 1783. 'Mr. James Hoy, 

 and Mr. Brodie of Brodie, have alfo gathered this mofl ele- 

 gant and curious plant in fir woods of the county of Moray. 

 It is, like the rell, pcreiiHial and evergreen, blofi'oming in 

 July. The leaves vary greatly in (liape and acutenefs, but 

 are generally roundifli, about an inch long, more or lefs 

 llrongly ferrated, and reticulated with many veins. Foot- 

 jlalks halt as long. Floiverjlalk folitary, fimple, ereft, three 

 inches high, with one concave braBea, and a large, terminal, 

 white, or flightly reddilli, Jlower, an inch in diameter, and 

 fmelling like lily of the valley. Stamens fpreading equally, 

 half the length of the corolla, three of them lyin^ on one 

 of the petals, one only on another, and two on each of the 

 three remaining. Anthers (hort, ovate, pointlefs ; their 

 pores tubular, confiderably elongated. Style eredl, ilraight, 

 the length of the germen. Stigma large, of five thick, 

 fpreading, acute, ray-like lobes. The wild fpecimen de- 

 lineated in Englifli Botany, having travelled from fo great 

 a didance, was in too imperfeft a condition to allow of that 

 figure being fo good as ufual. 



Seftion 2. Stigma nearly fjjile. Chimaplnla of Purfli. 



11. P. umhcllata, Umbelled Winter-green. Linn. Sp. 

 PI. 567. Willd. n. 4. Ait. n. 4. Curt. Mag. t. 778. 

 (P. tertia fruticans ; Cluf. Hifl. v. 2. 117. Ger. Em. 408. 

 P. folio arbuti ; Rivin. Pentap. Irr. t. 139. f. 2. Chima- 

 phila corymbofa ; Purfli n. 2.) — Leaves obovate, ferrated. 

 Flowers fomewhat umbellate. Stigma nearly feflile. Sta- 

 mens fmooth. — Native of woods in the northern parts of 

 Europe, Afia and America, but not found wild in Britain. 

 Mr. Menzies gathered it on the weft coaft of North Ame- 

 rica, and Mr. Purfli found it frequent in dry woods, from 

 Canada to Virginia. Linnxus, Gmelin, PoUich, Roth, 

 &c. give it in their Floras. Dr. Sims, who received this 

 fpecies in flower in June, from Mr. Loddiges, juftly afferts 

 it to be the moft beautiful of all the genus. The Jlem it 

 woody, a fpan high, fomewhat branched, angular, and 

 roughifh. Leaves crowded together into fomething like 

 whorls, ftalked, narrow-obovate, bluntifh, ftrongly ferrated ; 

 dark green and veiny above ; paler beneath ; about an inch 

 and a half long. Floiuerjlalks terminal, folitary, three 

 inches long, reddifh, bearing about five, imperfedlly umbel- 

 late, fimple, partial ftalks, each an inch long, fpreading., 

 rough with glandular pubefcence, and fomctimes furnifhed 

 with a little lanceolate braSea. Flowers fmaller than that of 

 P. uniflora, but larger than any other of the foregoing, 

 drooping. Petals orbicular, concave, cream-coloured; crira- 

 foii at the bafe. Stamens fliort, red, all regularly inflexed. 

 Anthers (hort, purple, with white tubular pores, dilated and 

 lobed at the orifice. Germen globofe, green. Style thick 

 and very fhort, but certainly prefent. Stigma orbicular, 

 convex, with five flight notches. The American fpecimeiis 

 are ufually lefs umbellate, and more racemofe, than the 

 European. 



12. P. maculala. Holly-leaved Winter-green. Linn. Sp, 

 PI. 567. Willd. n. 5. Ait. n. 5. Curt. Mag. t. 897. 

 (P. mariana, arbuti foliis angullioribus, &c.; Pluk. Mant. 

 157. Phyt. t. 349. f. 4. Chimaphila maculata ; Purfli 

 n. I.) — Leaves ovato-lanceolate, with tooth-like ferratures. 

 Stalks t\\'o or three-flowered. Stigma nearly feflile. Sta- 

 mens woolly. — This is exclufively an American fpecies. 

 Mr. Purfh obferved it in fhady gravelly or fandy woods, 

 from Canada to Carolina, and Mr. Menzies brought fpecU 



L 2 mens 



