Mr Goldie’s Descriptum of some new and rare Plants 
the segments of the corolla are furnished with scattered hairs. 
The stamens are half long as the segments of the corolla. 
DECANDRIA MONOGYNTA. 
Pyrola. 
Calyx quinquepartitus. quinque. quinquelo- 
Gularis, angulis dehiscens. 
Pyrola rotundfoUa^ Var, ; floribus flavo-virescentibus. 
Hab. Not uncommon in woods. 
This may be the P. cldorantJia of Swartz., found on 
the Continent of Europe, but I can see no character suf- 
ficient to distinguish it from P. rotundfoUa. 
Pyrola asai' folia? ; pistillo declinato, foliis orbiculato-reniformi- 
bus reticulatis, scapo squarais sparsis (bracteisque) convolu- 
tis vaginantibus. < 
P. asarfolitty Mich. FI. Amer. Bor. v. i. p. 251. Pursh FI. 
Amer. Sept. v. i. p. 299. 
Hah. Swamps, Canada; rare. 
I cannot help feeling considerable doubt as to tliis plant being 
actually the same with that of Michaux and Pursh. It is sin- 
' gular that neither of these authors should have noticed the 
strongly reticulated appearance of the leaves, which, by the 
tightness of the veins, become wrinkled or even bullate. The 
scales are indeed a striking character both of, Michaux’s plant 
and mine. The latter writer does not notice the colour of the 
flowers, but Pursh sayS that they are yellowish-green, and in 
our plant they are decidedly reddish -purple. Their general 
structure is very similar to those of P. rotundfolia ; the stigma 
has five erect points. 
May not the P. asarfolia of Pursh, which was found in 
Beech woods ^ in the mountains of Pennsylvania^ be difierent from 
that of Michaux, and from the present individual, of which the 
habitat is swamps in Canada ? 
DECANDRIA TRIGYNIA. 
Stellaria. 
Calyx pentaphyllus, patens. Petala quinque, bipartita. Cap-^ 
sula ovata, unilocularis, polysperma, apice sexdentata. 
