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THE HEATH FAMILY 
like the Lesser Winter-green, has no projecting border, but it protrudes beyond the petals ; 
the style elongates with the maturing of the capsule ; the stem is more leafy ; and the leaves 
are egg-shaped, pointed, and more distinctly toothed. 
Rare. On rocky ledges and woods in mountainous districts, in the north of England, Scotland, 
and in the north-east of Ireland. July. Perennial. 
X. SINGLE-FLOWERED WINTER-GREEN. (MONESES. Salisb.) — A genus differing 
from the Winter-green (Pyrola) in having a solitary flower, with the petals flat and spreading, 
and united at the base, and in each anther-cell being prolonged into a horn, opening at the top 
by a pore. 
Single-flowered Winter-green. (Moneses Grandifldra. Gray.)— The only British 
species. A very beautiful little plant with a single flower, f-i inch across, pure white, and very 
fragrant, on a stalk 2-3 inches high, which has a roundish bract a little below the flower ; the 
stamens are shorter than the petals and lie on them, instead of surrounding the pistil as 
in the Winter-green (Pyrola) ; the style is straight, much longer than the stamens, and the stigma 
is large with 5 erect lobes and without the raised border which is to be found in some species 
of the Winter-green (Pyrola). The stem is leafy and the leaves are roundish, toothed, and 
smooth. (. Moneses uniflora. A. Gray ; Pyrola uniflora. Linnceus ; Pyrola grandiflora. A. Gray.) 
Very rare. In pine woods in Scotland. July. Perennial. 
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