PYROLA FAMILY. Pyrolacese. 



Indian Pipe 



Monotropa 

 uniflora 

 White or 

 pinkish 

 July-August 



A familiar clammy, white, parasitic 

 plant, deriving its nourishment from roots 

 and decayed vegetation, generally found 

 in the vicinity of rotting trees. The stem 

 is thick, translucent white, and without 

 leaves, except for the scaly bracts which 

 take their place. The white or delicately pink-salmon- 

 tinted flower has five, or sometimes four, oblong petals, 

 and the 10-12 stamens are pale tan color. The flower is 

 in a nodding position, and is usually solitary, although 

 rarely two may be found on one stem ; the latter is often 

 pink-tinged and springs with several others from a mat 

 of entangled fibrous rootlets. The enlarged ovary finally 

 assumes an erect position, becoming a pale tawny sal- 

 mon color ; it is usually ten-grooved and five-celled , and 

 forms a large, fleshy, ovoid seed-vessel. The plant is at 

 home in the dim-lit fastnesses of the forest, and it quickly 

 withers and blackens after being gathered and exposed 

 to sunlight. 3-9 inches high. Nearly throughout the 

 country. 



A somewhat similar parasitic plant found 

 most frequently over the roots of oaks and 

 pines. The stems are in clusters, and are 

 slightly downy ; they are whitish, pale 

 tan color, or reddish, with many bracts. 

 The small bracts are thin, papery, yellow- 

 ish red, and they turn black when wither- 

 ing. The small vase-shaped flowers are 

 light crimson-red more or less touched 

 with yellow ; the tips of the flower are quite yellowish. 

 The cluster of 3-10, or rarely more, drooping flowers is 

 slightly fragrant. The fleshy vase-shaped seed-vessels 

 become erect. 4-12 inches high. In dry woods from 

 Me., south, and west to Ore. and Ariz. The generic 

 name is from the Greek, and means turned one-sided, in 

 allusion to the one-sided drooping method of flower- 

 growth. 



False Beech 

 drops or 



Pine=sap 

 Monotropa 

 Hypopitys 

 Tawny 

 reddish, etc 

 June- 

 September 



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