SOI 
becanbria MONOGYNiA. Mylocarium. 
pedicello breviores* albidas* apice ferrugineae. Pedi* 
celli filiformes* rubelli* medio bibracteolati. Bracteo - 
Ice subulatse. Flores albi* suaveolentes. Calyx mi- 
nimus, viridis* albo-marginatus : laciniis subrotundis. 
Petala oblongo-ohovata, obtusa* subunguiculata : un- 
guibus erectis : laminae concavae* patentes. Filamenta 
receptaculo inserta, 5. alterna longiora* corolla vix 
breviora* inferne dilatata* crassa* superne subulata. 
Antherce subrotundae* flavae. Germen prismatico-3» 
4-gonum, viride. Stigma sessile, crassum. Capsula 
magnitudine et figura Polygoni Fagopyri , 3-4-alata* 
4-locularis. Semina solitaria. 
369. MONOTROPA. Gen.pl. 737 . 
1. M. scapo spicifloro, squamis floribusque extus glabris 5 
floribus lateralibus octandris. — Willd. sp. pl. 2. 
p. 573. 
Icon. FI. dan. 232. Engl. hot. 69. Moris, hist. 3. s. 12. 
t. 16 f 20. Pluk. aim. t. 20 Q.J 5. 
Parasitic* on the roots of beech and other trees, in shady 
moist places : Canada to Pensylvania. 1/ . June* July. 
v. v. The whole plant is of a brownish-yellow ap- 
pearance ; it is smaller than the European species. 
2. M. scapo spicifloro, bracteis floribusque undique lanugi- 
nosis. — Mich. jl. amer. 2. p. 2 66. 
In similar places: Pensylvania to Carolina. I/. July. 
v. v . Of a light tan-coiour. 
3. M. scapo breviore crasso uni floro* squamis approximatis, 
flore cernuo decandro.— lFilld. sp. pl. 2. p. 573. exci, 
syn . Moris. 
Icon. Pluk. aim. t. 2QQ. f. 2. Catesb. car . 1. t. 36. bona. 
In similar situations : New York to Carolina. I/ . May* 
June. v.v. In general it appears in large clusters grow- 
ing together j the whole plant is white. 
4. M. scapo elongato rectissimo unifloro* squamis distanti- 
bus, flore erecto decandro.— Mi ch.fi. amer. 1. p. 2 66. 
Icon. Moris, hist. 3. s. 12. t. 1 6.f. 5. bona. 
In shady woods : Virginia and Carolina. l/.June. v. v. 
The flower is larger than No. 3* frequently with 
twelve stamina. 
Hypopithys . 
lanuginosa » 
uniflora , 
morisoniana . 
