86 WHITE TO CiREEN 



protrudini;-, gTcen style that is curx'cd upwards at the apex and 

 tipped by a large five-parted stigma. The leaves, round and 

 small, grow in a cluster at the base of the plant, which springs 

 from running roots. It has a slight sweet odour, and, in com- 

 mon with all the Pyro/as, is an evergreen. 



In the accompanying illustration, Plate XXVII, this Green- 

 flowered Wintergreen is shown, together with /'. asanfolia, 

 or Red Wintergreen, a description of which is given in the 

 Pink to Red Section. 



ONE-SIDED WINTERGREEN 



Pyrola sccuiida. Heatli Family 



Stems: caulescent from a branching base. Leaves: ovate, mostly thin, 

 acute, narrowed at the base, crenulate, serrate. Flowers: numerous, in a 

 dense, secund, drooping raceme ; petals greenish ; stamens unequally 

 connivent around the pistil ; style straight and longer than the petals. 



In the young plant the stem of the One-sided Wintergreen 



will be found erect, but as the days pass and the little buds 



open, the weight of the secund raceme bends it over until it 



droops gracefully downwards. The flowers, which all grow on 



one side of the stem, are greenish-white in hue, and the long 



style protrudes far beyond the petals. The leaves grow at the 



base of the plant and are oval, their margins being serrated ; 



they extend a short way up the stem, which is frequently 



bracted above. 



SMALL WINTERGREEN 



Pyrola minor, llrath Family 



Stems: sevcn-to-si.\tccn flowered. Leaves: orbicular to oval, crenulate, 

 mucronatc at the apex, rounded subcordate at the base. Flowers: race- 

 mo.se, nodding ; calyx-lobes triangular, ovate ; style straight, short. 



A smaller, more delicate sjiecies of Wintergreen, found prin- 

 cipally near running water, and which has whiter bells than 



