DECANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. 
201 
1. II, scape bearing flowers in a spike ^ bractes lanuginosa, 
and flowers liairy on all sides. — Mich. 
Hypopithys lanuginosa, Nutt. 
Monotropa lanuginosa, Mich., Pursh, &c. 
M. hypopilhys, \¥alt. 
Fellow or Woolly Birds-nest. 
Parasitic on the roots of trees, in shady woods, particularly 
of Jersey, ten inches high. AVhole plant of a yellowish-brown 
colour. Rare. Perennial. June, July. 
199. MONOTROPA. Gen, pL 7S7. (Monolropece. Nutt.) 
Calix none. Corolla pseudo-polypetalous, 
persistent ; segments 5, each with a cucul- 
late, nectariferous base. reniform, 
horizontal, 1 -celled, emitting the pollen 
near the middle, by S transverse foramina. 
Stigma orbicular, naked. Capsule 5-cell- 
ed, 5-valved. Seeds very numerous, mi- 
nute, subulate. — JSTutt. 
1. M. scape short, thick, 1 -flowered ; scales ap- umflota. 
proximate flower-drooping. — Pursh. 
Icon. Pluk. aim. t. 209. f. 2. Catesb. car. 1. 1. 
36. 
About six or seven inches high, stems growing in clustered 
bunches together, each stem supporting a single flower. Whole 
plant pure white, resembling wax. In similar places with hy« 
popithys, but more common- Perennial. May, June. 
200. PYROLA. Gen. pi. 572. (Ericc») 
Calix 5-cleft or 5-parted. Petals 5, decidu- 
ous. Style exserted. Capsule 5-celled, 
opening at the angles near the base, mar- 
gins of the valves connected by an intricate 
tomentum; (septa medial, coalescing with 
the receptacular axis ; lobes of the recep- 
