Single Delight

Moneses uniflora (L.) A. Gray, Man. 273. 1848
pyrola unifiora L. Sp. PI. 397. 1753.
Moneses grandijlora S. F. Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. PI. 2: 403. 1821.
Perennial, with a filiform rootstock; stem above ground 1-3 cm. long, bearing 1-4 pseudoverticils of 2-4, usually 3, leaves each; petioles 0.5-3 cm. long; leaf-blades orbicular or roundedoval, usually rotmded at the apex, acute at the base, 1-2 cm. long, crenate, not strongly veined; scape 5-12 cm. high; bract elliptic; sepals ovate, obtuse, ciliolate on the margins, 3 mm. long; petals white, ovate, obtuse, about 1 cm. long; anthers 2-2.5 mm. long, about half as long as the filaments; tubes about 0.5 mm. long, strongly curved; capsule 7-8 mm. in diameter.
Type locality: Woods of northern Europe.
Distribution: Woods, among moss or fallen leaves, from Labrador and Newfoundland to Pennsylvania, Minnesota, New Mexico, and Alaska; also in Europe.

Moneses reticulata Nutt. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. II. 8: 271. 1843
Perennial, with a slender rootstock, in habit closely resembling the preceding; petioles 1-2 cm. long; leaf-blades rounded-ovate, usually acute, 1-2.5 cm. long, rather coarsely dentate and strongly veiny; scape 5-10 cm. long, with a single elliptic bract, otherwise naked; sepals oval, 3 mm. long, rounded at the apex, ciliolate; petals white, about 1 cm. long, ovate, obtuse; anthers nearly 3 mm. long, slightly shorter than the filaments; tubes about 0:5 mm. long; capsule about 1 cm, in diameter, longer than the style.
Type locality : Shady fir woods of the Oregon [Columbia River] . Distribution: Washington to Montana and Alaska.