MISCELLANEOUS 



PINE SAP. FALSE BEECHDROPS. 



Monotropa Ilypopitys. Heath Family. 



A low fleshy herb without green foliage ; tawny, reddish, or whitish. 

 Floivers. — Resembling in structure those of the Indian pipe, but clustered in 

 a raceme. 



The pine sap is a parasitic plant which is closely allied to 

 the Indian pipe. Its clustered flowers are usually fragrant. The 

 plant is commonly of a somewhat tawny hue, but occasionally one 

 finds a bright-red specimen. It flourishes in oak or pine woods 

 from June till August. 



WILD BEAN. GROUND-NUT. 



Apios iuberosa. Pulse Family. 



Stem.— Twining and climbing over bushes. Leaves. — Divided into three 

 to seven narrowly oval leaflets. Floive7's. — Papilionaceous; purplish or 

 chocolate-color, somewhat violet-scented ; closely clustered in racemes. 



In late summer the dark, rich flowers of the wild bean are 

 found in short, thick clusters among the luxuriant undergrowth 

 and thickets of low ground. The plant is a climber, bearing 

 edible pear-shaped tubers on underground shoots, which give it 

 its generic name signifying a pear. 



LION'S FOOT. GALL-OF-THE-EARTH. 



Prenanthes serpentaria. Composite Family. 



Height. — About two feet. Leaves. — Roughish ; the lower lobed, the 

 upper oblong lance-shaped. Flmver- heads. — Nodding; composed of green- 

 ish or cream-colored strap-shaped flowers surrounded by a greenish or pur- 

 ple involucre. 



These plants are peculiarly decorative in late summer on ac- 

 count of their graceful, drooping, bell-shaped flower-heads. The 

 flowers themselves almost escape notice, and their color is rather 



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