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The Pericarpium, or ^eed-vejJeU is a roundifh, depreffed, pen- 

 tagonal Capjule^ with five cells, gaping at the angles. 



The Seeds are numerous and chaffy. 



Obf, The Stamina and ftyle differ fometimes in fituation. 



The Species, with usy are, 



I. Pyrola maculata. Spotted Pyrola. 



This is a fmall plant, fddom rifing above four or 

 five inches high, with flender ligneous ftalks. The 

 leaves are ever-green, oblong and pointed, of a 

 thick confidence, with a few ftiarp ferratures on their 

 edges; fmooth and of a dark green on their upper 

 fides, but marked with a broad, branching, longi- 

 tudinal vein or ftreak, of a whitilh or paler colour; 

 and lomewhat reddifli underneath. There are gene- 

 rally three or four of thefe placed at the top of the 

 ftem fomewhat horizontally, and fometimes fmaller 

 ones beneath, fet by threes. The flowers are like-* 

 wife produced at the top upon a pretty long, (nod- 

 ding at firft, but afterwards ereft) divided footftalk, 

 often fuftaining two or three white flowers, which 

 are fucceeded by roundifh, ilepreflfed capfules, filled 

 with fmall feeds. 



2. Pyrola rotundifoha. Round leaved Fyrola. 



This is of fmaller growth than the former, hav- 

 ing about three or four roundifli leaves, rifing from 

 the root, with pretty long three fided footftalks, 

 channelled above. Thefe often become pretty large 

 and a little waved oil their edges, they are of a light 

 green, and fcarcely perennial. The flowers are pro- 

 duced upon a radical triangular footflalk, of four or 

 five inches in length, in form of a racemus or bunch, 

 fupporting five or fix white flowers, which are fuc- 

 ceeded by fmall, round, deprelTed capfules. 



3. Pyrola 



