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flesh-color, waxy, few, on terminal peduncles longer than the 

 leaves. Stamens 10, their filaments thick and hairy in the 

 middle. Capsule 5-lobed, splitting downward. 



1. C. umbellata Nutt. Prince's Pine. Four to 12 in. high. 

 Leaves oblong or oblanceolate, narrowed to the base, sharply 

 toothed, V/2 to 2Y2 in. long. — Big Oak Flat Road; rare. 



2. C. menziesii Spreng. Menzies Pipsissewa. Mostly 

 smaller, 3 to 8 in. high. Leaves ovate or broadly lanceolate, 

 \% in. or less long, less deeply toothed. — Occurs sparingly 

 both north and south of us. 



2. PYROLA. Wintergreen. Shin-leaf. 

 Low perennial herbs, the leaves either evergreen and all 

 basal or white and scale-like (somewhat scattered in P. se- 

 cunda). Flowers in a raceme on a naked or scaly stalk. Sta- 

 mens 10. Fruit a 5-celled 5-lobed capsule, splitting upward. 

 Plants with ordinary green leaves at base. 

 Style straight, capped by a broad stigma. 



Corolla longer than style 1. P. minor. 



Corolla shorter than style 2. P. secunda. 



Style much curved, with narrow stigma. 



Leaves orbicular, green, not white-veined 3. P. asarifolia. 



Leaves ovate or elliptic, white-veined 4. P. picta. 



Leaves obovate or spatulate, whole surface pale 5. P. pallida. 



Plants reddish, with small scale-like leaves 6. P. aphylla. 



1. P. minor L. Leaves roundish, very minutely toothed, 

 l / 2 to 1 in. long, on mostly shorter petioles. Flowers crowded, 

 nodding, the stalk 4 to 8 in. high. Corolla nearly globose, 

 about %. in. across, white or rose-color. Style straight, short 

 and included. — Branching and leafy at base. Rare, being 

 known with us only from Little Yosemite Valley, but extend- 

 ing to Arctic regions. 



2. P. secunda L. Leaves scattered, ovate, minutely 

 toothed, the blade 1 to \ l / 2 in. long and exceeding the petiole. 

 Flowers all turned to one side, scarcely nodding, the stalk 

 2 to 10 in. high. Corolla barely ^ m - across, greenish white, 

 the petals oval. Style straight, long-exserted. 



This little Pyrola with its somewhat scattered, bright-green 

 leaves is an inhabitant of damp places as along lake borders 

 and streams, where it forms small colonies. It grows in 

 damp meadows near Glacier Point, in the Tuolumne Canon, 

 and elsewhere in our region. Perhaps the best example of its 

 colonies may be seen on the shores of Gilmore Lake, in the 

 Tahoe country, where for a number of yards it has taken 

 possession of the shore. 



