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THE HEATH FAMILY. 



mens, usually of a pale pink. Stamens shorter than the corolla. 

 Style scarcely protruding or even shorter than the corolla, straight or 

 nearly so, with a broad, 5-lobed, spreading stigma. 



In woods and moist shady places, in Europe, northern Asia, and the 

 extreme north of America, becoming a mountain plant in southern 

 Europe and the Caucasus. Frequent in Scotland, northern England, 

 and Ireland, more local in southern England. FL summer. 



5. Serrated Wintergreen. Pyrola secunda, Linn. (Fig. G39.) 

 (Eng. Bot. t. 517.) 



Leaves ovate, more pointed, and often 

 more distinctly toothed and more pro- 

 minently veined than in the common W. 

 Flowers smaller, and more numerous 

 and crowded, and all remarkably turned 

 to one side. Sepals very small. Petals 

 free, of a greenish-white. Style long and 

 nearly straight. 



The geographical range is nearly that 

 of the common W., but it is more local, 

 and generally more northern or more 

 alpine, being rarely found in central and 

 southern Europe out of the higher moun- 

 tain-ranges. In Britain, only in Scot- 

 land and northern England, and very 

 rarely in Ireland. FL summer. 



Fig. 639. 



IX. MONOTROPE. MONOTROPA. 



Simple, erect, rather succulent herbs, of a pale-brown or yellowish 

 colour, leafless with the exception of small scales of the colour of the 

 stem, resembling Broomrapes, and probably parasitical on the roots of 

 trees. Sepals 4 or 5, free or united at the base. Petals as many, free 

 or united at the base. Stamens twice as many. Anthers opening by 

 transverse slits or valves, not by pores as in the rest of the family. 

 Capsule of 4 or 5 cells, opening by slits opposite the middle of the cells. 

 Style single, with a broad terminal stigma. 



A genus of very few species, inhabiting the woods of Europe, Asia, 



