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PYROLA SECUNDA. ONE-SIDED WINTER GREEN.
PYROLA secunda ; floribus racemosis secundis, foliis ovatis serratis.
PYROLA secunda. Lirm. Sp. P I .».567. B u is . Angl. p. 176. Light/. Scot. p. 219. With. Bot. Arr.
ei. 4. ml. 2. p. 392. FI. Dan. t. 402. Haffm. Germ. ed. 2. vol. 2. P . I. p. 190. Willi.
Sp. PI. ml. 2. p. 621. Smith FI. Brit. p. 445. Engl. Bot. t. 517. Decani. Fl. Fr.
e i. 3. ml. 3. p. 684. FI. Gall. Syn. p. 250. Pers. Syn. PI. vol. 1. p. 483. Alton Hort.
K m . ed. 2. vol. 3. p. 58. Pursh FI. FT. Am. vol. 1. p. 299. Hook. FI. Scot. P . I. p. 127.
Wahl. FI. Lapp. p. 110- >x Smith Engl. FI. vol. 2. p. 257.
PYROLA racemo unilateral!. Hall. Helv. n. 1008.
PYROLA folio mucronato serrato. Raii Syn. p. 363.
Dan. Vint erg r on. Germ. Wintergrün mit blumen die nach einer seite gekehrt sind.
Class a n d O r d e r . DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA.
[N a tu r a l Or d e r . MONOTROPEjE, Nuttall, Hook.— ERICE^E, Juss., Decand.]
G e n . Ci ia r . Calyx quinquefidus. Pet ala quinque. Antheree poris duobus. Capsula supera quinquelocularis.
Semina numerosa, longe arillata.
G e n . C h a r . Calyx o f five divisions. Petals five. Anthers with two pores. Capsule superior o f five angles.
Seeds numerous, with a long arillus.
Ra d ix perennis, longa, tenuis, hie illic fibrosa.
Ca u l is bi-triuncialis, tenuis, flexuosus, hie illic squainis
ovatis concavis instructus.
Folia vix unciam longa, ovata vel elliptica, glabra, ve-
nosa, obtusa, serrata, basi in petiolum folio bre-
viorem producta.
P ed u n c u lu s digitalis ad palmarem, erettus, angulatus,
hic.illic squamosus, apice floribus racemosis secundis
instructus.
P e d ic e l l i duas tres lineas longi, curvati, basin versus
bracteati. Bractea parva, ovata.
Calyx parvus, quinquedentalus.
Corolla profunde quinquepartita, laciniis oblongo-
ovatis, albo-virescentibus, erectiusculis.
St am in a decern, longitudine corollas. Filamenta alba.
Anther® oblongo-ovatse, biloculares, flavae, locu-
lis poris dehiscentibus.
P istil lum ; Germen ovatum, quinquelobum, viride,
glabrum. Stylus corolla multo longior. Stigma
magnum, dilataturo, apice lobis quinque erectis.
P er ic a r p ium ; Capsula globoso-compressa, quinque-
lobata, lobis medio dehiscentibus, quinquelocu-
laribus, loculis polyspermis.
Sem in a numerosissima, minuta, arillata, receptaculis
centralibus affixa.
Root perennial, long, slender, slightly fibrous.
St em two or three inches long, slender, flexuose, here
and there furnished with ovate, concave scales.
L eaves scarcely an inch long, ovate or elliptical, glabrous,
veined, blunt, serrated, extended at the
base into a petiole; shorter than the leaf.
Pe d u n c l e from a finger to a span in length, erect, angled,
here and there scaly, furnished at the point
with racemed secund flowers.
P ed ic e ls two or three lines in length, curved, with
small ovate bracteas near the base.
Caly x small, quinquedentate.
Corolla deeply five-cleft, its segments oblong-ovate,
greenish-white, almost erect.
Stam en s ten, as long as the corolla. Filaments white.
Anthers of an oblong-ovate shape, two-celled,
yellow, the cells opening by pores.
P ist il ; Germen ovate, five-lobed, green, glabrous.
Style much longer than the corolla. Stigma
large, swollen, with five erect lobes a t the point.
P e r ic a r p ; Capsule globular, compressed, five-lobed,
the lobes splitting in the middle, five-celled, cells
many-seeded.
Seed s very numerous, minute, arillate, fixed to central
receptacles.
Fig. 1. Flower. Fig. 2. Flower from which the corolla has been removed. Fig. 3. Stamens. Fig. 4. Pistil.
Pig. 5 . Stigma:— all more or less magnified.
Not uncommon in fir and birch woods in several parts of the North of England and Scotland, flowering in the
months of July and August. The specimen here figured was gathered with many others by Dr. Greville and myself
in the woods of Kinnordy, near Kerriemuir, Forfarshire, the seat of our valued and hospitable friend C. Lyell,
Esq.
Pyrola secunda is a species readily distinguished by its secund pale greenish-white flowers, with their long protruded
style. . . . .
We hope soon to be able to give a figure of the extremely rare P . unifiora, a species which it is much to be
feared is now almost totally extinct in the British dominions. The Pyrola: represented in this work will then
complete the list of all the individuals of the genus which are known to be natives of this country.