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FAMILIES OF FLOWEKING PLANTS 



cover it were in vain. Finally, hovi^ever, one enterprising individual 

 found a supply, which he disposed of at high prices to the herbaria of 

 the world. Since that time it has been introduced into cultivation, and 

 is no longer difficult to obtain, although still rare in the wild state. 

 Another species occurs in Japan. 



S. galacifolia, our own species, is a handsome little perennial, with 

 solitary white flowers and round, Pyrola-like leaves. 



Fig. 181. Shortia galacifolia, for a long time considered one of the rarest 

 North American plants. Original. 



