MOKOPETALOUS EXOGENOUS PLANTS. 371 



smoothj^ a little paler beneath ; flowers capitate, snbrace- 

 mose; corolla campaiuilate, smooth, twice the length of the 

 calyx; filaments included, at base lanuginose, about -J the 

 length of the corolla; calyx laciniate, ovate, acute; style 

 long, cylindrical; berries round. Fruit ripe in November, 

 of a deep scarlet or red color; trunk anabranches very 

 smooth, brownish red, the outer bark peeling off; wood 

 very brittle. — Tree, 20-25 feet and 8-12 inches in diameter; 

 leaves evergreen, 1|^-2|- inches long; petioles 1 inch long. 

 Flowers in March; highly ornamental. Hills northwest 

 of Anstin. Kare. 



MONOTEOPA, L. Indian Pipe. 



Calyx of 2-5 deciduous sepals ; corolla 4-5-petalous, 

 gibbous at the base, deciduous; stamens 8-10; anthers 

 reniform, opening across the apex; stigma broad, 4-5- 

 rayed; capsule ovoid, 8-10-furrowed, 4-5-celled; seeds xerj 

 numerous, minute. Stejus low, fleshy, white or reddish, 

 scaly ; floiuers solitary or racemose, nodding ; capsules erect ; 

 herbs parasitic on roots, or decayed vegetable matter. 



§ I, MoNOTROPA, Nutt. Stem \- flow er ed ; sepals 2-4: petals 5; anthers opening by 

 2 chinks ; style short and thick. 



1. M. uniflora, L. Shady woods. Stem smooth, 

 4'-10' high, Tvhite, turning black in drying; floiver showy. 



§ 2. HrPopiTTS, Dill. Stem several-flowered, the tipper flower commonly with 5 

 petals and 10 stamens, the others with A petals and 8 stamens ; sepals as many 

 as the petals ; anthers opening by 2 unequal valves, the smaller one erect; style 

 longer than the otary. 



2. M. Hypopitys, L. (M. lanuginosa, Michx.) August. 

 Stems 4-8' high, pubescent, reddish. 



70. GALAX FAMILY. Order, Galacine^. 



Calyx small, 5-sepalous, persistent; petals 5, hypogy- 

 nous, obovate-spatulate, deciduous ; stamens hypogynous ; 



