. 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 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 3. Pyrola elliptica Nutt. Fig. 3199. Shin-leaf. Pyrola elliptica Nutt. Gen. i: 273. 1818. Scape s'-io' high, 7-i5-flowered. Leaf-blades broadly oval, or elliptic, thin or membranous, dark green, obtuse, but usually mucronulate at the apex, narrowed or rounded at the base, plicate-crenulate with very low teeth, ii'-3' long, almost always longer than their petiol
. 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 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 3. Pyrola elliptica Nutt. Fig. 3199. Shin-leaf. Pyrola elliptica Nutt. Gen. i: 273. 1818. Scape s'-io' high, 7-i5-flowered. Leaf-blades broadly oval, or elliptic, thin or membranous, dark green, obtuse, but usually mucronulate at the apex, narrowed or rounded at the base, plicate-crenulate with very low teeth, ii'-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. Pyrola 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. 2, 259. 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, s"-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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