WHITE. 



also on the mountain sides all along the Atlantic coast, as well as 

 farther- inland. The red or blackish fruit suggests superficially a 

 huckleoerrv. 



PYXIE. FLOWERING-MOSS. 



[PI. IV 

 Pyxidanthe7'a harbitlata. Order Diapensiacetr. 



Stems. — Prostrate and creeping; branching. Leaves. — Narrowly lance- 

 shaped ; awl-pointed. Floivers. — White or pink; small; numerous. Calyx. 

 — Of five sepals. Corolla. — Five-lobed. Stamens. — Five. Pistil. — One, 

 with a three-lobed stigma. 



In early spring we may look for the dainty white flowers of 

 this delicate moss-like plant in the sandy pine-woods of New 

 Jersey and southward. At Lakewood they appear even before 

 those of the trailing arbutus which grows in the same localities. 

 The generic name is from two Greek words which signify a 

 small box and a?ither, and refers to the anthers, which open as if 

 by a lid. 



CRINKLE-ROOT. TOOTHWORT. PEPPER-ROOT. 



^ [PI. V 



Dentaria diphylla. Mustard Family. 



Rootstock. — Five to ten inches long; wrinkled ; crisp; of a pleasant, pun- 

 gent taste. Stem. — Leafless below : bearing two leaves above. Leaves. — 

 Divided into three toothed leaflets. Flotvers. — White; in a terminal cluster. 

 Calyx. — Of four early-falling sepals. Corolla. — Of four petals. Stamens. — 

 Six; two shorter than the others. Pistil. — One. Pod. — Flat and lance- 

 shaped. 



The crinkle-root has been valued, not so much on account 

 of its pretty flowers which may be fotmd in the rich May woods, 

 /but for its crisp, edible root, which has lent savor to many a 

 simple luncheon in the cool shadows of the forest. 



TOOTHWORT. 



Dentaria laciniata. Mustard Family. 



Rootstock. — Tuberous ; sometimes more or less bead-like. Stem-leaves. — 

 Deeply parted ; the divisions gash-toothed. Flowers.— \i\\\\.^ or pink; in 

 a terminal cluster ; otherwise as in above, but usually appearing somewhat 

 earlier in the "spring. 



