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MONOTROPA UNIFLORA.
ONE-FLOWERED WAX-PLANT.
Decandria Monogynia, Linn. Monotropese, Nutt.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
Calix none. Corolla pseudo-polypetalous, persistent; segments 5, each with a cucul-
late, nectariferous base. Anthers reniform, horizontal, 1-celled, emitting the
pollen near the middle, by two transverse foramina. Stigma orbicular, naked.
Capsule 5-celled, 5-valved. Seeds very numerous, minute, subulate. Nutt.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Scape short, thick, one-flowered; scales approximate ; flower drooping. Pursh.
A parasitic plant about a span high, every part of a snow-white
colour, and perfectly smooth. Root a globose perennial body, an
inch thick, consisting of a great number of densely ramified fibres of
a sienna-brown colour. Fibres very brittle. Stems four or five from
the same root, erect, nutant at the apex, and supporting each a droop-
von. III. 12
