Monotropaceae 293 
eae lant t¢5——3 dm: :high:-flowers’in ‘a short densely scaly raceme or spike; 
corolla campanulate; corolla-lobes erect; anthers not awned. SARCODES (p. 293) 
DD. Flowers in a head-like cluster; sepals 2, bract-like; ovary |-celled, but ap- 
parently of | cell with 4 others surrounding it. HEMITOMES (p. 294) 
ALLOTROPA 
Scapose, red or yellowish, scaly-bracted, 1.5—-3 dm. high. Flowers small, nu- 
merous, in a wand-like spike. Sepals 5, rounded, marcescent under the capsule, about 
6 mm. long. Corolla none. Stamens 10: anthers didymous on long and slender filaments, 
extrorse in the bud, becoming introrsely pendulous. Ovary 4—5-celled; placentae central; 
style short. Capsule globose. (Gk. allos—another, tropa—=a turn; because there are 
many reflexed flowers. See Monotropa.) W.C. E. 
A. virgata T. & G. 
MONOTROPA. INDIAN PIPE 
Scapose, white, bracted, I1—2 dm. high. Flowers solitary, terminal, nodding. 
Sepals 2—4, irregular, deciduous. Petals 56, oblong, somewhat dilated at apex, 
erect, not saccate at base, tardily deciduous. Stamens 10 or 12; anthers short, peltate 
or reniform, horizontal, opening by transverse slits. Disk 10—12-toothed. Style short, 
thick; stigma funnelform. Capsule erect, 3—5-celled, 3——5-valved. (Gk. monos=1, 


tropa—=a turn; referring to the single terminal reflexed flower. See Allotropa.) W.C.E. 
M. uniflora L. 
HYPOPITYS . PINE-SAP 
Plants under conifers, yellowish or reddish; stem simple to the inflorescence, leafy- 
bracted. Flowers 3—20, racemose, reflexed. Sepals 3—5, nearly equal, erect, de- 
ciduous. Petals 3—-5, exceeding the sepals, saccate at base, deciduous. Stamens 
6—10; anthers reniform. Style short, thick; stigma funnelform. Capsule ovoid, 3—5- 
celled. (Gk. hypo=under, pitys=a fir tree; referring to the habitat.) 
A.  Bracts ovate-lanceolate, entire or slightly eros. W.C. E. (HA. multiflora; H. 
lutea.) H. hypopitys Small 
AA. Upper bracts obovate to cuneate, erosely or laciniately fimbriate. W. C. 
H. fimbriata How. 
PTEROSPORA PINE-DROPS 
Tall, 3—9 dm. high (ours), scapose, scaly-bracted. Flowers red or yellowish, 
pendulous, in a long raceme; scape glandular-pubescent. Calyx deeply 5-parted, 2—4 
mm. long (ours). Corolla white (ours), globular-urceolate, persistent, 5-lobed; lobes 
short, recurved. Stamens 10, included; filaments glabrous; anthers introrse, with 2 de- 
flexed awns at base. Disk none. Style short; stigma capitate, 5-lobed. Capsule de- 
pressed-globose, pendulous, 5-lobed, 5-celled, 5-valved, apex and base intruded. Seeds 
globose-ovoid, with a terminal reticulate wing. (Gk. pteron=a wing, spora—a seed; 
the seeds are winged.) W. C. E. 
P. andromedea Nutt. 
SARCODES SNOW-PLANT 
Fleshy, bright red, 1.5—-3 dm. high, with many scale-like bracts. Flowers many, 
red, in a short terminal raceme. Sepals 5, erect, persistent, |2—16 mm. long. Co- 
