^36 MONOGRAPH OF THE GENUS PYROLA. 
ciis pallidis, racemo plurifloro undique verso, petalis subro- 
tundis, stigmate clavato : disco 5-lobo. 
P. picta, Smith in Rees' Encycl. 
Two>coloured-leaved Wintergreen. 
Habitat in Insula orse occidentalis Americas Septentrio- 
nalis, Nootka dicta (Mexzies), in rnontosis Japonise, prope 
urbem Nagasacki. V. (v. s. in Herb. Banks, et Lamb.) 
Radix repens. Folia ovalia, coriacea, mucronulata, sub- 
serrata, glabra, subtus rubra, supra intense viridia, ad 
venas fascia pallida notata. Petioli angusti, sesqui v. bi- 
unciales, paginam foliorum subsequantes. Scapus erectus, 
palmaris, acute triqueter, rubicundus, nunquam convolutus, 
squamis scariosis munitus. Racemus pluriflorus. Pedicelli 
recurvi, undique versi, bracteis lanceolatis acutis breviores ; 
inferiorihus remotis. Flores globosi, campanulati, penduli, 
albi. Calycis lacmice ovat^e, acutse, appresssg. Petala sub- 
rotunda, concava, carnosa. Stamina adscendentia, petalis 
breviora : filamenta alba, glabra, basi late dilatata : antlm^cB 
flavae, basi parum fissee, foraminibus sessilibus dilatatis 
hiantes. Tistillum staminibus duplo longius : stylus decli- 
nato-adscendens, superne crassior : stigma clavatum, annu- 
latum : disco vix elongato, 5-iobo. 
It differs from the preceding, with which it has consider- 
able resemblance ; by the form of its leaves, which are oval, 
mucronulate, red underneath, dark-green on the upper sur- 
face, and marked along the veins with whitish bands, as in 
P. maculata ; those of the preceding are oblong, cuneiform, 
toothed towards the apex, or quite entire, green on both 
sides. The petioles are much longer, equal, and sometimes 
exceeding the length of the pagina or dilated portion of the 
leaf. The scape is acutely triquetrous, mostly about a span 
high. The raceme is fewer flow^ered. The pedicels are 
