128 A NATURALIST IN THE GREAT LAKES REGION 



of it. Shinleaf (Fig. 93) , checkerberry (Fig. 94) , and prince's pine 

 (Fig. 95) are all small, low, shrubby plants with evergreen leaves, 



belonging to the heath family. 

 Shinleaf has rounded leaves, 

 and its flowers are borne in a 

 loose cluster somewhat like 

 those of the lily-of- the- valley. 

 The checkerberry has three or 

 four glistening, thick, leathery 

 leaves. It stands only two 

 or three inches high. The 

 flavor of the leaves is that 

 of wintergreen candy. The 

 leaves of prince's pine are long, 

 narrow, toothed on the edges, 

 and crowded on the short upright stalks. Star flower (Fig. 101) 

 is a low plant bearing a single, delicate, white blossom above 

 a whorl of lance-shaped leaves. False lily-of-the-valley (Maian- 



FIG. 102. Blue star grass, Sisyrinchium 

 angustifolium. 



FIG. 103. False Solomon's seal, Smilacina racemosa 



themum canadense) has a raceme of small white flowers borne 

 on a plant with two or three parallel-veined, thin leaves. 

 Bluebell (Fig. 96) has linear leaves and delicate blue fairly 



