LIV. ERICACEAE 
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corymbs, sometimes reduced to a single flower. Calyx-lobes 
obtuse. Corolla-tube very short, globose ; lobes rounded, spreading, 
\ in. across. Stamens 8. Capsule scaly, ^ in., 5-valved. 
Simla, Jako, Huttoo ; June. — Temperate Himalaya, 8000-15,000 ft. 
LV. MONOTROPACEAE 
Succulent, waxy white or pale yellow-brown herbs growing 
under trees on decaying vegetable matter ; root fibrous, densely 
interlaced ; stems tufted, rarely solitary, erect, covered with alter- 
nate, appressed scales. Leaves none. 
Flowers regular, 2-sexual. Sepals free, 
scale-like, usually 4, nearly as long as 
the petals. Petals free, hypogvnous, 
4 or 5, imbricate, base slightly dilated. 
Stamens 8 or 10, nearly as long as the 
petals. Anthers broadly kidney-shaped, 
1-celled, opening by two transverse 
slits. Ovary superior, ovoid, 4- or 5- 
celled, 8- or 10-grooved ; style thick, 
short, elongating in fruit ; stigma ter- 
minal, broad, nearly on a level with 
the anthers. Capsule 4- or 5-celled, 
opening by slits opposite the middle 
of the cells ; seeds very numerous, 
minute. - — A small Order inhabiting 
North temperate forest regions. 
Flowers waxy white, solitary, 
terminal . . . .1. Monotropa. 
Flowers pale yellow brown, 
several, racemed . . .2. Hypopitys. 
1. MONOTROPA. From the Greek 
monos , one, and trepein, to turn ; the 
flowers of some species are all turned 
to one side. — ^Himalaya, Japan, N. 
America. 
Monotropa nniflora, Linn. ; FI. Br. 
Ind. iii. 476. Glabrous, waxy white ; 
stems 6-12 in. ; scales broadly lan- 
ceolate, J in. Flowers waxy white, 
solitary, terminal, drooping. Petals 5, 
| in. long. Stamens 10. Capsule 
5-celled, erect. (Fig. 90.) 
Simla, the Glen, Narkunda, in forest ; August, September. — Temperate 
Himalaya, 6000-8000 ft. — Japan, N. America. 
