220 ERICACEiE. 



14. CIIIMAPIIILA, Parah. Pipslssewa. 



Or. kcima, winter, and plaleo, to love. 



Calyx 5-parted, Petals 5, spreading, concave. Sta- 

 mens 19. FILAMENTS dilated in the middle. Style very 

 •short, inversely conical, nearly immersed in the depressed 

 summit of the globular ovary. Stigma broad and or- 

 bicular, the border obtusely 5-toothed. Capsule 5-celled, 

 opening from the summit. Seeds numerous. — Low 

 rennial, nearly herbaceous plants, with running underground shoots, 

 green thick shining opposite or whorlcd leaves, ana fragrant 

 refute or purplish fiawers corymbed or umbelled on a terminal pe* 

 ditncle. 



1. C. UMBELLATA, Nutt. P/'iilCc's Pine. PipsiSSCu 

 LeaxOt we:lge-lanceolate, sharply serrate, acute at the base, in 4s or 



4 to 7 flowered, corymbed ; bracts linear-subulate ; style immersed in the ovary. 



A beautiful evergreen, common, in dry woods. June. Plant 4 to 8 inche 

 leafy. Leaves in 2 or more irregular whorls, 2 to 3 inches long, }/, to •% wi 

 motely and distinctly serrate, on short petioles, shining of a uniform dark green 

 color. Flovjcrs light purple on nodding petioles. 



2. C. MACULATA, Piirsh. Shotted Wintergreen. 



Leaees ovate-lanceolate, rounded at base, remotely toothed, discolored, 0] 

 x>r in threes ; pedundes corymbose, 1 to 5-flowered; filaments wooly. 



Dry woods. June, July. A pretty evergreen 4 to G inches high, with leaves 1 to 

 2 inches long, % as wide, marked with a whitish line along the mi Jvciu and vein- 

 lets. Ftowsrs purplish-white, on nodding pedicels. 



Sub-order 4. MONOTROPE^. Indian Pipe Family. 



Ovary free from the calyx. — Leafless herbs, destitute oj 

 green* 



5: PTEHOSPOEA, Nutt, Pine-drops. 



Gr. pieron. a wing, and spora, seed; alluding to the singular wing borne by the 



seeds. 



Calyx 5-parted. Corolla ovate, urn-shaped, 5-toothed, 

 persistent. Stamens 10 ;' anthers 2-celled, peltate. Style 

 short j stigma 5-lobed. Capsule globose, depressed, o- 

 •lobed, 5-celled, 5-.valvcd. Seeds very numerous, minute, 

 with the apex expanded into a broad reticulated wing. — A 

 stout and simple purplish-brown clammy pubescent perennial plant, 

 with lanceolate scales in place of leaves scattered along the stem, and 

 whitish flowers in a raceme. 



I. P. Andromeda, Nutt. Tall Bird's Nest. 



clayey and limestone soils; rare. July. Plant covered with brownish 

 viscid hairs. Stem 8 to 24 inches high, straight, simple, grooved, Irownish-rci pc 



