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HEATH FAMILY 



Pyrola secunda Pyrola picta 



3. P. asarifolia var. incarnata Fernald. Leaves orbicular 

 or nearly so, thick, shining, entire, V/i to 3 in. across, rounded 

 to a winged petiole \Yz to 3 in. long. Flowering stalk 6 to 

 18 in. high, the many flowers pendent and scaly-bracted. Cor- 

 olla Yi in. across, rose-color, the petals obovate, obtuse. 

 Style much curved, exserted. (P. rotundifolia bracteata Gray.) 



The large, roundish leaves of this species often cover the 

 ground in shaded and moist places. It grows near Upper 

 Chilnualna Falls, near Mirror Lake, at Rosaco's, etc., but it 

 is more plentiful around Tahoe. 



4. P. picta Sm. White-veined Shin-leaf. Leaves thick, 

 firm, ovate to elliptic, mostly entire, 1 to 2y 2 in. long (petiole 

 much shorter), pale beneath, dark green above but veined 

 with white. Flowers nodding, the whole stalk 6 to 15 in. 

 high. Corolla nearly l /> in. across, greenish, exceeded by the 

 much curved style. 



The basal cluster of shining green leaves veined or marbled 

 with white, best mark this shin-leaf. It grows here and there 

 in Yellow Pine forests, usually forcing its way through a 

 carpet of pine needles. 



5. P. pallida Greene. Pale Shin-leaf. Leaves tough, very 

 pale on both sides, usually broadest above the middle. Other- 

 wise like P. picta, with which it grows. 



6. P. aphylla Sm. Leaves all reduced to a few colorless 

 or reddish scales. Flower-stalk reddish, 6 to 12 in. high, 

 bearing a dense raceme of nodding flowers each Y in. across. 

 Petals thick, obovate, very obtuse, dull white or reddish. 

 Style nearly straight, exserted, pointing downward. 



