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Figure XX 



Round-leaved American Wintergreen 

 (Pyrola americana Sweet) 



at the base, i to 4 inches long 

 with petioles mainly shorter 

 than the blades. Flowers 

 white, or faintly tinged with 

 pink, nodding and fragrant, 

 one-half to two-thirds of an 

 inch broad on pedicels one- 

 fourth of an inch long or less. 

 Calyx lobes oblong or lance- 

 olate ; petals about three times 

 as long as the calyx lobes, 

 thick and blunt; stamens and 

 style declined, the style pro- 

 jecting conspicuously from the 

 flower. Fruit a small capsule 

 about one-fourth of an inch in 

 diameter. 



In dry woods, usually in 

 sandy soil, Nova Scotia to 

 South Dakota south to Georgia 

 and Ohio. Flowering in June 

 and July. The most showy 

 of our native species of Win- 

 tergreen or Shinleaf, as they 

 are sometimes called. 



There are three additional 

 species of Shinleaf or Winter- 

 green in New York. The 

 Greenish-flowered Winter- 

 green (Pyrola chloran- 

 tha Swartz), has small, 

 orbicular, thick-textured leaf 

 blades, one-half to \\ inches 



