MONOGRAPH OF THE GENUS PYROLA. 
shorter than the petals ; by its spiked and closer raceme ; the 
pedicels being twice or three times shorter than the bracteae; 
the scape being straight, not convolute ; the petioles being 
shorter than the leaves, which are repandly crenate. 
The acute Rivin has given very accurate figures of the 
different species of Pyrola^ far surpassing those of his pre- 
decessors, and even those of most of the modern botanical 
writers who have noticed them. He was the first who dis- 
tinguished the P, media, of which he has given a very cha- 
racteristic figure, under the name of V. folio ohtuso. 
The figure of P, minor, in EngHsh Botany, possesses 
many glaring faults ; the flowers are exhibited as spread- 
ing, and the petals acute. These mistakes are the more 
remarkable, as we know of no Pyrola with acute petals, 
and very few with spreading flowers. The P. rosea of the 
same work, however, is a very good representation of the 
present plant. 
11. P. secunda, foliis ovatis acutis membranaceis argute 
serratis petiolo angusto longioribus, racemo unilateral!, laci- 
niis calycinis rotundatis, petalis oblongis, stylo exserto, 
stigmate planiusculo 5-lobo. 
p. secunda, lann.— Sp. Plant. 567.— Pall. it. Sib. 3, p. 31 9.-— Falk. Rus- 
sis. Topog, 2. p. 177— Scop. Carn. n, 485.— Poll. Pal. n. 397.--F1. 
Dan. t. 402. <mala.)— Huds. Angl. 176.— Lightf. Scot. p. 219 Olaus 
it. Island, p. 814.— Hoffm. Germ. 143.--Mat. Siles. 1. 293.— Krocker, 
Siles. 2. p. 13.— Roth. Germ. I. 181. 11. 463.— Wllld. Sp. PI. 2. p. 621. 
—With. Brit. 401.— Smith Brit. 2. p. 445.— Engl. Bot. t. 51 7, (media.) 
—Mich. Amer. 1. p. 250 Lam. Fl. Fr. 2. p. 529,— Lam. Encycl. 5i 
p. 742 — Persoon Syn. 1. 48a— Marsch. a Bieb. FL Taur.-Cauc. 1. 
p, 313 — Geners. Elench. n. 361 — Besser. Galiz. n. 489 — Wahlenb. 
Lapp. p. 110. ejusd. Fl. Carpath.p. 115. — Pursh Amer. Sept. l.p,299. 
P. racemo unilaterali, Linn. Suec. 332. — Hall. Helv. n. 1008.— GmeL 
Sib. 4. p. 129. t, 56. f. 2. (pessima.) 
P. floribus uno versu sparsis, Linn. Lappon. 168. 
P. folio mucronato, Riv. t. 138. f. 2. 
P. folio mucronato serrato, C. Bauh. Pin. 181. — Tournef. Inst, 256.—- 
Raii Synop. 363 Moris. Hist. 1. sect. 12. t. 10. f, 4. 
P. folio serrato, J. Bauh. Hist. 3. p. 2. 536. 
P. secunda tenerior, Clus. Hist. 2. p. 117. (fig. bene.)— Ger. em. 408. 
Ambrosia montana^ Dalech. Hist, 1148. 
VOL V, 
