Moneses
(from monos, single, and esis, delight; alluding to the pretty and solitary flower). ORD. Ericaceae. A monotypic genus, the species being a small, stemless, very glabrous, stolon-bearing, hardy, perennial herb. It is sometimes erroneously classed under Pyrola (which see for culture). M. uniflora (one-flowered). fl. white or pink, 3/4in. in diameter, terminal on the one or two-bracted scape; calyx five- (rarely four-) parted, persistent; petals five, rarely four, orbicular, sessile. June. l. 1/2in. to 1in. long, radical, petiolate, persistent, serrulate, coriaceous. Central and Northern Europe (Britain), North America, and Japan. SYN. Pyrola uniflora (under which name it is figured in Sy. En. B. 900).