. 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 . MOXOTROPACEAE. Vol. II. I. Monotropsis odorata Ell. Sweet Pine-Sap. Carolina Beech-drops. Fig. 3209. Monotropsis odorata Ell. Bot. S. C. & Ga. i: 47 Sch-. nitzia caroliniana Don. Gen. Syst. 3: Schweimtzia odorata DC. Prodr. 7: 780. 1839. Plant light purplish brown; scapes usually several in a cluster, ^'-4' high. Bracts numerous, ovate-oblong, obtu=e, appressed, 2"-
. 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 . MOXOTROPACEAE. Vol. II. I. Monotropsis odorata Ell. Sweet Pine-Sap. Carolina Beech-drops. Fig. 3209. Monotropsis odorata Ell. Bot. S. C. & Ga. i: 47 Sch-. nitzia caroliniana Don. Gen. Syst. 3: Schweimtzia odorata DC. Prodr. 7: 780. 1839. Plant light purplish brown; scapes usually several in a cluster, ^'-4' high. Bracts numerous, ovate-oblong, obtu=e, appressed, 2"-4" long flowers few (usual y 6-8), pink or white, spicate fragrant, 2-bracteclate at the base, spreading or erect, the spike at first recurved, becoming erect I'-2' long; sepals mostly oblong-lanceolate, acute about as long as the corolla and the bractlets. In woods, Maryland to North Carolina. Very rare 3. MONOTROPA L. Sp. PI. 387. 1753. Scapose succulent white yellowish or red bracted herbs, with a solitary nodding flower, the capsule becoming erect. Sepals 2-4, deciduous. Petals 5 or 6, oblong, somewhat dilated at apex, erect, not saccate at the base, tardily deciduous. Stamens 10-12; filaments subulate- filiform; anthers short, peltate, horizontal, opening at first by 2 transverse chinks, becoming transversely 2-valved. Disk io-12-toothed, confluent with the base of the ovary. Ovary 5-ccIled; style short, thick; stigma funnelform, its margin obscurely crenate, not ciliate Capsule s-celled, 5-valved, many-seeded. Seeds minute, the testa produced at each end [Greek, once-turned.] Two species, natives of North America. Mexico, Colombia, Japan and the Himalayas. The following typical one is the only one known in North America. I. Monotropa uniflora L. Indian Pipe. Fig. 3210. Monotropa uniflora L. Sp. PI. 387. 1753. Scapes white, glabrous, usually clustered, 4- 10' high from a mass of matted brittle roots, turning dark in drying. Flower terminal, in- odorous, nodd
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