was sent, containing other rarities, from the neighbourhood of 
Montreal, by Mr Maclean. Its first appearance above ground 
was more like that of some thick white and fleshy Clavaria, 
than of any phasnogamous plant ; and the whole substance re- 
sembled of white wax. 
It appears to inhabit a great extent of country in North 
America, having been found in Canada, in Carolina and Geor- 
gia, and I believe in many intermediate districts. 
Mr NuTTALL has separated from the genus Monotropa 
the M. Hypopithys, under the name of Hypopithys europcea, 
principally in consequence of a slight difference in the filaments 
and anthers ; but the general habit of the plant, and every es- 
sential particular, are so similar in the two individuals, that I 
can by no means assent to this change. Like our European 
species, the present plant turns black in drying, but it is desti- 
tute of that agreeable primrose-like fragrance which is so re- 
markable both in the living and recently dried state of M. Hy- 
popithys. 
Fig. 1. Flower deprived of its scales, nat size. Fig. 2. Leaflet of the pe- 
rianth. Fig. 3. Back view of a stamen. Fig. 4. Front view of an an- 
ther. Fig. 5. Transverse section of an anther. Fig. 6. Pollen. Fig.?. 
Stamens and pistil. Fig. 8. Pistil. Fig. 9. Section of the Germen 
All but Fig. 1. more or less magnified. 
