. 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 . Pyrola asarifolia Michx. FI. ifolia Hook. Fl. Similar to the preceding species. Leaf- blades reniform, usually wider than long, coriaceous, shining above, obtuse at the apex, cordate at the base, crenulate, l'-l4' long, usually shorter than their narrowly margined petioles; flowers racemose, nodding, purple, or rose, 6"-8" broad; calyx-lobes triangular- lanceolate
. 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 . Pyrola asarifolia Michx. FI. ifolia Hook. Fl. Similar to the preceding species. Leaf- blades reniform, usually wider than long, coriaceous, shining above, obtuse at the apex, cordate at the base, crenulate, l'-l4' 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 oxypetala Austin. Sharp-petaled Wintergreen. Fig. 3202. Pyrola oxypetala Austin; A. Gray, Man. Ed. .â ;. ,102. 1867. Scape slender, y'-g' high, about 9-flowered. Blades ovate, coriaceous, dull, acute or acutish at the apex, narrowed at tlie base, obscurely crenulate, /"-lo" long, shorter than their petioles; flowers racemose, ascending, greenish, 4"-5" 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.
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