148 FLAVORING AND BEVERAGE PLANTS 
Fic. 146, I1.—Peppermint. Flowers, enlarged about five times, showing the 
two sizes often present. (Baillon.) 
Fic. 147.—Wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens, Heath Family, Hricacee). 
Plant in flower and fruit, reduced. Corolla with attached stamens - 
spread out. Pod, cut across. (Britton and Brown.)—An undershrub 
growing about 5-15 cm. tall; leaves evergreen; flowers white; fruit 
bright red, consisting of the fleshy aromatic calyx enclosing a dry pod. 
Native home, North America. 
