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Hypopitys latisquama Rydb. Bull. Torrey Club 40: 461. 1913
Hypopitys lutea Howell, Fl. NW. Am. 1: 429. 1901. Not H. lutea SF. Gray, 1821.
Plants yellowish, pink, or coral-red, the stem usually pubescent, sometimes only slightly so, 1-4 dm. tall, rather stout; leaves thick, the blades mostly ovate, usually broadly so, or orbicular-ovate, the upper ones 1-1.5 cm. long, undulate or erose, the lower ones smaller; bracts shorter than the flowers ;, sepals mostly 9-11 mm. long, spatulate to cuneate, ciliate; petals cuneate to obovate, pubescent, ciliate; filaments 7-8 mm. long; capsules globose to ovoid-globose, 5.5-7 mm. long.
Type locality: Bridget Mountains, Montana.
Distribution: Montana and British Columbia to California, New Mexico, and Mexico.
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John Kunkel Small, NathanieI Lord Britton, Per Axel Rydberg, LeRoy Abrams. 1914. ERICALES, CLETHRACEAE, LENNOACEAE, PTROLACEAE, MONOTROPACEAE, ERICACEAE, UVA-URSI. North American flora. vol 29(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
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Hypopitys fimbriata A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 8: 394. 1872
Plants red or yellowish, the stem 3 dm. tall or less, glabrous or pubescent with very short hairs; leaves various, the blades of the lower ones broadly ovate or orbicular-ovate, more or less erose, the upper ovate or oblong-ovate, mostly 1-1.5 cm. long, erose-fimbriate ; bracts commonly as long as the flowers or longer, fimbriate; sepals 10-11 mm. long, acute or acuminate, fimbriate above the claw-like base, ciliate; petals exceeding the sepals, cuneate and sometimes dilated at the tip, pubescent, erose and ciliate; filaments 6-7 mm. long; style dilated upward; stigma funnelform; capsules ovoid, 5-6 mm. long.
Type LOCALITY : Oregon. Distribution: Oregon.
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John Kunkel Small, NathanieI Lord Britton, Per Axel Rydberg, LeRoy Abrams. 1914. ERICALES, CLETHRACEAE, LENNOACEAE, PTROLACEAE, MONOTROPACEAE, ERICACEAE, UVA-URSI. North American flora. vol 29(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
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Hypopitys lanuginosa (Michx.) Nutt. Gen. 1: 271. 1818
Monotropa lanuginosa Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 266. 1803.
Plants deep-pink or crimson, or rarely pale, the stem pubescent, usually copiously so, 0.5-3.5 dm. tall, rather slender; leaves mostly less than 1 cm. long, the blades suborbicular or ovate near the base of the stem, ovate, oval, or oblong above ; bracts as long as the flowers or shorter; sepals 6-7.5 mm. long in anthesis, cuneate, spatulate, or narrowly elliptic-spatidate, long-ciliate ; petals cuneate to almost oblong, pubescent, often densely so, long-ciliate; filaments 7-8 mm. long; capsules mostly oval to oblong, 4-6 mm. long, usually pedicelled.
Type I.OCALITY: North Carolina.
Distribution: Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and Quebec, and southward to Florida and Louisiana.
Ii.i,usTRATiONS : Torr. Fl. N. Y. pi. 72; Britt. & Brown, -111. Fl. ed. 2./. 3212.
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Hypopitys americana (DC.) Small, Fl. SE. U. S. 880. 1903
Hypopitys multijlora americana DC. Prodr. 7: 780. 1839.
Plants lemon-yellow, or sometimes pink, the stem finely pubescent or nearly glabrous, 1-3 dm. tall, rather slender; leaves mostly 1 cm. long or less, the blades ovate or ovate-lanceolate at the base of the stem, narrowly ovate, lanceolate, or rhombic above ; bracts shorter than the flowers; sepals mostly 6-8 mm. long in anthesis, spatulate to rhombic-spatulate or oblanceolate, short-cUiate ; petals cuneate to oblong-cuneate, finely and sparingly pubescent, short-ciliate ; filaments 6-8 mm. long; capsules mostly globose to spheroidal, 5-9 mm. long, usually short-pedicelled.
Type locaIvITy: Canada.
Distribution: Ontario and New York, and southward, especially in and near the mountains, to North Carolina.
ILI.USTRATION : Britt. & Brown, 111. Fl. ed. 2. f. 3211.
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