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Pyrolaceae (from the genus Pyrola, diminutive of Pyrus; possibly a resemblance in the foliage). Shin-Leaf Family. Fig. 46. Very low perennial herbs:
leaves alternate, basal or scattered, thick and evergreen in most species: flowers bisexual, regular, with or without a hypogynous disk; calyx 5-parted, persistent; corolla waxy, saucer-shaped, of 5 separate petals; stamens 10, hypogynous; anthers opening by terminal pores, inverted; ovary superior, 5-celled, many-ovuled; style and stigma 1: fruit a capsule.
There are 3 genera and 20 species distributed in the boreal and temperate parts of Europe, Asia and America. The polypetalous flowers, inverted anthers and 5 carpels are characteristic. The family is closely related to the Ericaceae and Clethraceae.
Two species of Chimaphila (Pipsissewa, Prince's Pine), one species of Monoses (One-flowered Pyrola,), and a few species of Pyrola (Shinleaf) are offered in the American trade for ornamental purposes. Otherwise the family is of no economic importance.
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==References==
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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