. 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. 670 PYROLACEAE. Pyrola asarifolia Michx. Liver-leaf Wintergreen. Fig. 3201. Pyrola asarifolia Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. i : 251. 1803. Pyrola rotundifolia var. asarifolia Hook. Fl. Bor Am. 2 : 46. 1834. Similar to the preceding species. Leaf- blades reniform, usually wider than long, coriaceous, shining above, obtuse at the apex, cordate at the base, crenu
. 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. 670 PYROLACEAE. Pyrola asarifolia Michx. Liver-leaf Wintergreen. Fig. 3201. Pyrola asarifolia Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. i : 251. 1803. Pyrola rotundifolia var. asarifolia Hook. Fl. Bor Am. 2 : 46. 1834. Similar to the preceding species. Leaf- blades reniform, usually wider than long, coriaceous, shining above, obtuse at the apex, cordate at the base, crenulate, i'-iÂ¥ long, usually shorter than their narrowly margined petioles; flowers racemose, nodding, purple, or rose, 6"-8" broad; calyx-lobes triangular- lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, acute or acumi- nate, about one-third the length of the obtuse petals; stamens and style decurved-ascending; anther-sacs slightly beaked; style exserted; capsule about 3" in diameter. In wet woods and swamps, New Brunswick to Yukon Territory, south to Massachusetts, north- ern New York, Michigan, South Dakota, and in the Rocky Mountains to New Mexico. June-July. 6. Pyrola ox3rpetala Austin. Sharp-petaled Wintergreen. Fig. 3202. Pyrola oxypetala Austin; A. Gray, Man. Ed. ,â ;, 302. 1867. Scape slender, y'-g' high, about 9-flowered. Blades ovate, coriaceous, dull, acute or acutish at the apex, narrowed at .the base, obscurely crenulate, /"-lo" long, shorter than their petioles; flowers racemose, ascending, greenish, 4"-s" broad; bracts shorter than their pedicels; calyx-lobes tri- angular-ovate, acute, about one-third the length of the elliptic-lanceolate acuminate connivent petals; stamens and styles slightly declined; anther-sacs slightly horned. Hills, Deposit, Delaware Co., N. Y. (C. F. Austin, i860). The only station known, and the plant not subsequently col- lected. Perhaps a sharp-petaled race of P. chlorantha. June. 7. Pyrola minor L. Lesser Wintergre
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