DECANDR] \, M0N0GYN1 \. 



1. EL scape bearing flowers in a spike ^ bractes hint—, 



and Bowers hairy on all sides* — Mich, 

 Hypopitkys lanuginosa) Nutt. 

 Monotropa lanuginosa! Mich.j Purohj &c. 

 ML ii > popithys, \\ alt. 



VdloW or Woollij Hirds-iiest. 



P . .tic on the roots of trees, in study WOOda, particularly 

 of Jcrsev , ten inches high. Whole plant ot' a \ ellow iah-broWU 

 colour. Bare. Perennial. June* July. 



199 IfONOTBOPA, C;en. pi. 737. {Mt>notr*pe * . Nutt) 



Valix none. Corolla pseudo-polypetalous, 

 persistent; segments 5, each with a cucul- 

 late. nectariferous base. Anthers renifonn, 



horizontal. 1 -celled, emitting the pollen 

 near the middle, by 2 trausverse foramina. 

 Stigma orbicular, naked. Capsule 5-cell- 

 ed. j-valved. Seeds very numerous, mi- 

 nute, subulate. — iVutt. 



l. H. scape abort, thick, L -flowered; scales ap- uniflom. 

 proximate : lower-drooping. — Pitrsh. 

 Icon. Pink. aim. t. "J¥j. i'. s. Catesb. car. l. t. 



About six or seven inches high, stems growing- in clustered 

 bunchestogethcr, • - n supporting asingle flower. Whole 



plant pure white, resembling wax. In similar places with hy- 

 DOpithya, but more common- Perennial. May, June 



. PYBOLA. Gen. pi. 572. (Ericx.) 



Calix 5-cb Tt or 5-parted. Petals 5, decidu- 

 ous. Style exserted. Capsule 0-celled, 

 opening at the angles near the base, mar- 

 gins of the valves connected by an intricate 

 {omentum; (septa medial, coalescing with 

 the receptacoiar axis; lobes of the recep- 



