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Stamens in length, which are all directed to the upper part 
of the corolla. Anthers yellow, opening at the base by two 
sessile pores. Style declined, apex ascending, double the 
length of the stamens. Stigma clavate, annulate ; with an 
elevated 5-lobed disk, 
6. P. dentata, foliis cuneato-oblongis coriaceis basi acutis 
margine remote dentatis integerrimisve petiolo angusto du- 
plo longioribus, racemo elongato multifloro subsecundo, pe* 
talis ovahbus, stigmatis disco elongato 5-lobo. 
P. dentata, Smith in Rees' EncycL ? ■ 
Cuneiform-leaved Wintergreen. 
Habitat in Insula oras occidentalis Americae Borealis, 
Nootka dicta. Menzies. l/. (v. s. in Herb. Banks.) 
Radix repens. Folia conferta, erecta, oblongo-cuneata, 
coriacea, glabra, nitida, basi acuta utrinque viridia : mar- 
glnibus remote dentatis integerrimisve. Petioli anguste li- 
neares, pagina foliorum duplo terve breviores. Scapi 
erecti, palmares pedalesve, angulosi, nudi, Racemus elon- 
gatus, 12-16-florus, secundus, apice cernuus. Pedicelli de- 
curvati, brae teas ovato-lanceolatas acutas superantes. Flores 
campanulati, cernui, lactei. Calycis lacinice breves, ovatae, 
acutiusculae. Petala late ovalia. Stamina petalis longiora, 
adscendentia : Jilamenta plana, basi dilatata : antlierm lu- 
teae, foraminibus sessilibus urceolatis aperientes. Pistillum 
staminibus longius : stylus declinatus, apice incurvus : stig^ 
ma annulatum, disco elongatum, 5-lobum. 
This species varies both with entire and dentated leaves. 
The figure of its leaves alone is sufficient to distinguish it 
from every other species of the section. 
7. P. picta^ foliis ovalibus mucronulatis coriaceis subser- 
ratis petiolo angusto sequalibus subtus rubris supra fas- 
