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corolla and ten stamens, whose filaments are slightly curved, 

 by reason of the red-brown anthers being caught in the ten 

 pouches which are placed below the limbs, or expanded lobes 

 of the corolla. If you flip the outer edge of the Swamp Laurel 

 gently with your finger, you will see the little stamens spring 

 upright, sending forth a shower of pollen from their anthers in 

 the process. The heart of the flower is usually pale green. 

 Its evergreen foliage is dark green above and covered with a 

 white bloom beneath, which latter characteristic gives it the 

 distinguishing title of glaitca. 



The Swamp Laurel, as its common name implies, grows in 

 marshy ground. 



RED WINTERGREEN 



Pyrola asarifolia. Heath Family 



Stems : scape six-to-twelve flowered. Leaves : coriaceous, shining above, 

 reniform, wider than long, crenulate. Flowers: racemose, nodding; 

 petals five, obtuse ; calyx five-parted, persistent, the lobes triangular- 

 lanceolate ; stamens declined ; style declined and exserted. 



The tall red stalk of this Wintergreen, with its numerous 

 nodding rosy blossoms, is exceedingly attractive, especially as 

 it grows in the deep moist woods, where few flowers flourish 

 owing to the absence of all sunlight. Very fragrant also is this 

 quaint plant, to which the name of Wintergreen has been 

 given on account of its evergreen foliage. The long out- 

 curved style, which protrudes far beyond the floral cup, is 

 green, and has a dull red stigma, while the ten stamens are 

 tipped by dark, slightly beaked anther-sacs. The calyx is en- 

 tirely of a deep red hue, and the petals are bright coloured at 

 the outer edges, shading into palest pink in the centre. The 

 leaves grow in a cluster at the base and are thick, tough, and 

 glossy. A few narrow little bracts cling to the flower-stalks. 



Sheltered from the wind and the sun, half hidden by mosses 

 and tangled undergrowth, but always preferring a damp spot 



