MONOTROPA UNIFLORA. 



ONE-FLOWERED WAX-PLANT. 



Decandria Monogynia, Linn. Monotropcce, Nutt. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Calix none. Corolla pseudo-polypetalous, persistent ; segments o, each with a cucul- 

 late, nectariferous base. Anthers reniform, horizontal, 1-celled, emitting the 

 pollen near the middle, by two transverse foramina. Stigma orbicular, naked. 

 Capsule 5-celled, 5-valved. Seeds very numerous, minute, subulate. Nutt. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Scape short, thick, one-flowered ; scales approximate ; flower drooping. Pursh. 



A parasitic plant about a span high, every part of a snow-white 

 colour, and perfectly smooth. Root a globose perennial body, an 

 inch thick, consisting of a great number of densely ramified fibres of 

 a sienna-brown colour. Fibres very brittle. Stems four or live from 

 the same root, erect, nutant at the apex, and supporting each a droop- 



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