AQUIFOLIACE.E. 



purplish, cloflu 1 at the base with imbricated scales. Flowers very ni 



:. l.>ug terminal raceme, rose-rei and white. 



1G. HYPOPITTS, Dill. Pine-sap. 



Qr. hyp), undar, andjjuu;, Pine-trae; from the; place of its growth. 



Sepals 4 to 5-co!orcd. Petals 4 to 5, fleshy, with a 

 '.ike nectcrifcroug depression at the base. Stamens - 

 10; Anthers kidney-shaped; filaments subulate, persis- 

 Style cohramer, hollow; stigma. di:-k-likc, with a 

 bsarded margin. Capsule ovoid -or globose, 8 to 10-gro 

 4 to 5-celled, mmy-seeJod. — Parasitic tawny wliite '■. 

 with scali/ roots, simple sfemi, scales instead of leaves, and 

 nes of flowers, at first nodding, but in fruit erect. 



1. II. LANUGINOSA, Nutt. Pine-sap. False Beedirdrops. 

 had -with a velvet-like pubescence ; pedicels much longer than tha 

 : : c.ipsule, globose. 

 Oak and pine woods. Plant 4 to G inches high in flower, and sora .. It 

 < in fruit j tawny-white. Ftovusrs 7 to 12 in a terminal racena . the t >rminal 

 petals and 10 Btaxnons, tho oth:r with 1 petals and 8 stanraas 

 plant turns black in drying. 



17. MOXOTROPA, Gron. Indian Pipe. 



Or. nionos, one,, and hypos, turn; the solitary flower turned to cue i . . 



Calyx represented "by 2 'to 4 scale-like deciduous bracts. 

 Corolla 4 to 5-petaled, persistent, gibbous at the base 

 Stamens 10 j filaments persistent, alternating with 10 

 reflcxed appendages of the torus; anthers short. Stig- 

 ma 5-crenate. Capsule 5--celIed, many-seeded. — A singn- 

 lar white fleshy parasitic herb, rising in a cluster from a matted 

 mass of fibrous roots, ivith scales like the petals instead r f leaves, 

 bearing a solitary flower turned to one side. 



1. M. uniflora, L. Indian- Pi pre: BtnTsNest. 



Stm short; scales approximate; floioers nodding ; fruit erect: stamens 10. 

 D.'ep rich woods; common. June — Aug. A. small succulent plant from 4 t >C 

 inches high, white and smooth, becomiug purplish-black in drying. 



Order 62. AWlFQUAGEm,-- IMty Family 



Trees or shrubs with alternate or opposite leaves, without stipvlrs, and small axil- 

 lary 4 to C-mcsous white or greenish flowers. Calyx 4 to 5-sepalcd, imbricate in 

 activation. Corolla regular, 4 to 6 parted or cleft, hypegynous. Stasiins insert- 

 ed into the tube of the corolla and alternate with its segments : anthers ainate, 

 opening lengthwise. Stimmas 4 to 6 or united into one, nearly sessile. Ovary fro? 

 from the calyx 4 to 6-celled. Frot a berry-like drupe, with 2 to 6 stones or iiu. 

 vules: SE£D suspended, with a minute embryo in fleshy alfcum.'i:. 



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