Pyrola.'] 
LI. PYROLACE^E. 
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Ord. LI. PYROLACEiE Lindl. 
Calyx 5-partite, persistent. Petals 5, free or slightly united 
at the base, regular, deciduous. Stamens 10, placed in pairs 
opposite the petals : anthers 2-celled, inverted, opening by 
pores. Ovary without a conspicuous hypogynous disk, 5 -celled, 
many-seeded. Style single. Stigma rayed or orbicular, gene- 
rally lobed. Capsule 5-celled, 5-valved, loeulicidal. Seeds 
chatTy, numerous. Albumen fleshy, with the minute embryo at 
its base. — Herbaceous or somewhat shrubby. — Chimaphila of 
North America is a powerful diuretic. 
1. Moreses. Cor. 5-partite. Stigma 5-partite. 
2. Pyrola. Petals 5. Stigma 5-lobed. 
1. Moneses Sal. Moneses. 
Petals slightly connected at the base. Filaments subulate > 
anthers with two tubular pores. Stigma 5-parted. Margins of 
the valves of the capsule without any web. — Name from povoc, 
one, or alone ; on account of the solitary flowers, and combined 
petals. 
1. M. grandijlura Sal. ( large-flowered JSI.). Pyrola uniflora 
L. : E. B. t. 146. 
Woods in Scotland, rare. Fir-wood near Brodie House, Forres. 
Woods at Scone. Coul, Ross-shire. In the Oak-wood, Knock of 
Alves, near Elgin. If.. 7. — Stem scarcely any, bearing a few orbi- 
cular, petiolate, and obscurely serrate leaves, and a single peduncle, 
with one large, nearly white, very fragrant flower. Style short, straight. 
Stigma large, with 5 erect rays. 
2. Pyrola Linn. Winter-green. 
Petals 5, distinct. Filaments subulate ; anther-cells usually 
truncate and opening by a pore at the base, rarely with two 
tubular pores. Stigma 5-lobed. Margins of the valves of the 
capsule connected by a web. — Named from pyrus, a pear- 
tree ; from a fancied resemblance in their flowers. 
1. P. secunda L, ( serrate W.) ; flowers racemose all leaning 
one way, leaves ovate serrate. E. B. t. 517. 
Rare in the north of England ; near Keswick, Cumberland. Not 
unfrequent in fir-woods in Scotland, especially in the Highlands. 
If. 7. — Stems rather straggling, branched. Peduncles 4 — 5 inches 
high, with several oval scales or bracteas. Flowers small, greenish- 
white. Petals erect. Style much protruded. Stigma 5-lobed, without 
projecting points. 
2. P. rotundifulia L. ( round-leaved W.); flowers drooping, 
racemose, leaves obovate-rotundate slightly crenate, style bent 
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