PYROLA FAMILY. Pyrolacem. 



~ A very small plant, bearing a single 



One=flowered , , J ,.,.,,, ? , 



Pvroia blossom, somewhat like that of the com- 



Moneses mon Shinleaf. The leaves are thin, deep 



grandiflora green, shining, round or nearly so, with 



Ivory white rat h er line indistinct teeth, and flat- 

 June-August 



stalked. The five petals of the cream- 

 colored or ivory white flower are a bit pointed ; the ten 

 white stamens have two-pointed dull yellow anthers, 

 and the long green pistil bends downward ; not far be- 

 low the flower on the stem is a tiny bract or minute 

 leaflet. 2-5 inches high. In pine woods usually near 

 brooks. From Me. , south to R. I. and Pa. , and west to 

 Mich, and Ore. Also in the Rocky^ Mountains. South 

 to Col. 



Small Pyrola ^ northern woodland plant with ovate 

 Pyroia secunda pointed deep green leaves, rather round- 

 Greenish white toothed, and long-stemmed ; the leaves 

 June-July circled near the base of the plant-stem. 



The leaf-stalks are also somewhat flat and troughed. The 

 flower-stalk is tall, bracted or remotely set with minute 

 leaflets, and bears a one-sided row of small greenish 

 white flowers which finally assume a drooping position ; 

 the corolla is bell -shaped and five-lobed ; the pistil is 

 extremely prominent. The slender flower-stalk is often 

 bent sideways. 3-9 inches high. In woodlands, from 

 Me., south to Pa., and west to Minn. Found on the 

 slopes of the White and Adirondack Mountains. The 

 var. pumila is a tiny form 2-4 inches high, with rounded 

 leaves, and but 3-8 flowers. Vt. (Bristol, Sutton, New- 

 ark, and Fairhaven), Me., and N. H., but not common, 

 and west to Mich., on the shores of Lake Superior. 

 Blooms from July-August. 



Py r0 l a This is a small-leaved species with dainty 



chlorantha drooping flowers, and a stem of very mod- 

 Greenish white erate height without bracts or minute 

 June-July leaflets, or at least possessing but one. 



The leaves are dull olive green, obscurely scalloped- 

 edged, rather round, and thicker than those of the com- 

 mon Pyrola (Shinleaf). The nodding, greenish white 

 flowers have obtuse, elliptical, convergent petals. They 



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