w 2.Linnaea (Gronov.) L. 
A prostrate creeping herb with opposite rather leathery leaves. 
Flowers in pairs on slender, erect peduncles. Calyx 5-toothed, the 
teeth deciduous. Cerolla fumnelform, regular, 5-lobed, Stamens 4, 
inserted on the tube of the corolla. Ovary inferior, 3-chambered. j 
Fruit a d5-chambered capsule bearing 1 seed. 
1. L. borealis L. var. americana (Forbes) Rehder. Twin Flower. -—s-pretty : 
My, ger-forming herb » the twigs : 
pubescent; leaves persistent into the second year, Saamttrivmre Giviomeei 
on erect branchlets 5-10 cm. long, the blades obovate varying to elliptical 
or rotund, narrowed at the base to a short petiole, remotely and shallowly . 
toothed above the middle, sparingly hirtellous on both surfaces or the 
lower glabrous, the upper rather polished; : é 
peduncles about 5 om. long, forked above, each ; 
branch subtended by a subulate bract, each flower nodding on a pedicel 2-3 3 
mne long, subtended by 2 subulate brattlets, the ovary subtended by an 
involucre of 4 unequal glandular bractlets; calyx lobes subulate » very acute, 
2-5 mm. long; corolla 10-12 mm. long, pallid without, pink and ; 
pilose within, the lobes 2-3 mm. long, blunt; capsule not seen. 
Common in shaded woods, creeping over duff and debris. 
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