148 FLAVORING AND BEVERAGE PLANTS 



Fig. 146, II. — Peppermint. Flowers, enlarged about five times, showing the 

 two sizes often present. (Baillon.) 



Fig. 147. — VVintergreen {GauUheria procumhetis. Heath Family, Ericaceoc). 

 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. 



