WHITE 



above the ground. This species exhibits several varieties with 

 rose-colored flowers. 



The smallest member of the group, P. secunda, is only from 

 three to six inches high. Its numerous small, greenish flowers 

 are turned to one side, and are scarcely nodding. They are 

 clustered in spike-like fashion along the scape. 



P. 7?iinor can be distinguished from all other Pyrolas by the 

 short style which does not protrude from the globular blossom. 

 This is a retiring little plant which is only found in our northern 

 woods and mountains. 



Many of these flowers are fragrant. 



PIPSISSEWA. PRINCE'S PINE. 



Chimaphila tinihellata. Heath Family. 



^tem. — Four to ten inches high; leafy. Leaves. — Somewhat whorled or 

 scattered ; evergreen ; lance-shaped ; with sharply toothed edges. Florvers. 

 — White or pinkish : fragrant ; in a loose terminal cluster. Calyx. — Five- 

 lobed. Corolla. — With five rounded, widely spreading petals. Stamens. — 

 Ten, with violet anthers Pistil.— One ; with a short top-shaped style and 

 disk-like stigma. 



When strolling through the woods in summer one is apt to 

 chance upon great patches of these deliciously fragrant and pretty 

 flowers. The little plant, with its shining evergreen foliage, 

 flourishes abundantly among decaying leaves in sandy soil, and 

 puts forth its dainty blossoms late in June. It is one of the lat- 

 est of the fragile wood-flowers which are so charming in the ear- 

 lier year, and which have already begun to surrender in favor of 

 their hardier, more self-assertive brethren of the fields and road- 

 sides. The common name, pipsissewa, is evidently of Indian 

 origin, and perhaps refers to the strengthening properties which 

 the red men ascribed to it. 



SPOTTED PIPSISSEWA. 



Chimaphila maculata. Heath Family. 



The spotted pipsissewa blossoms a little later than its twin> 

 sister. Its slightly toothed leaves are conspicuously marked 

 with white. 



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