. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian. Botany. 3. Pyrola elliptica Nutt. Shin-leaf. Fig. 3199. Pyrola elliptica Nutt. Gen. i: 273. 1818. Scape s'-io' high, 7-is-flowered. Leaf-blades broadly oval, or elliptic, thin or membranous, dark green, obtuse, but usually mucronnlate at the apex, narrowed or rounded at the base, plicate-crenulate with very low teeth, lJ'-3' long, almost always longer than their petioles; flo
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian. Botany. 3. Pyrola elliptica Nutt. Shin-leaf. Fig. 3199. Pyrola elliptica Nutt. Gen. i: 273. 1818. Scape s'-io' high, 7-is-flowered. Leaf-blades broadly oval, or elliptic, thin or membranous, dark green, obtuse, but usually mucronnlate at the apex, narrowed or rounded at the base, plicate-crenulate with very low teeth, lJ'-3' long, almost always longer than their petioles; flowers greenish-white, nodding, 6"-8" broad, very fra- grant; pedicels longer than or equalling their bracts; calyx-lobes ovate-triangular, acute or acuminate, about one-fourth as long as the obtuse, flat petals; stamens and style declined- ascending; anther-sacs scarcely beaked; style somewhat exserted; capsule about 3" in diameter. In rich, mostly dry woods. Nova Scotia to Brit- ish Columbia, south to the District of Columbia, Illinois, Michigan. Iowa, South Dakota and in the Rocky Mountains to New Mexico. Wild lily-of-the- valley. June-Aug. 4. P3n:ola uliginosa Torr. Bog Winter- green. Fig. 3200. Pyrola uliginosa Torr. Fl. N. Y. i: 453. pi. 60. 1843. Pyrola rotundifolia var. uliginosa A. Gray, Man. Ed. 259. undifolii 1856. Scape 6'-is' high, 7-is-flowered. Leaf-blades broadly oval, or orbicular, dull, rather thick, obscurely crenulate, obtuse at both ends, some- times truncate at the base, equalling or shorter than their petioles; bracts shorter than or equal- ling the pedicels; flowers purple, 5"-8" broad; calyx-lobes ovate-oblong or ovate-lanceolate, acute or obtuse, one-fourth to one-third the length of the obtuse petals; stamens and style declined- ascending; anther-sacs beaked; style slightly exserted; capsule about 2I" in diameter. In swamps and bogs, Newfoundland to Alaska. Vermont, central New York, Michigan, in the Rocky Mountains to Colo
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