RED WILD FLOWERS 



base, make up the stemmed leaf. The numerous 

 rich, brownish purple, butterfly-shaped flowers are 

 sweetly scented, and are densely clustered in a round- 

 ing or lengthened head, terminating a short stem 

 from the angle of the alternating leaves. The Ground- 

 nut loves the thickets in low, moist ground from New 

 Brunswick to Florida, and west to Minnesota, 

 Kansas, and Louisiana; and blossoms from July to 

 September. 



PINESAP. FALSE BEECH-DROPS. BIRD'S NEST 



Monotropa Hypopitys. Heath Family. 



This slightly fragrant species resembles somewhat 

 the Indian Pipe, to which it is closely related, and it 

 is found in dry or rich woods from June to October. 

 The thick, fleshy and slender flower stalk is either 

 smooth or downy, and several of them spring in a 

 cluster from a dense mass of fleshy, fibrous and para- 

 sitic roots. They grow from four to twelve inches high. 

 The plant is leafless, and the stalk is covered with 

 thin, small, tan-coloured, scaly bracts, which become 

 more dense toward the base. The short-stemmed, 

 oblong, bell-shaped flowers vary in colour from white 

 and yellowish to pink, as do also the stalks. They are 

 from three to five parted, with usually an equal number 

 of fleshy sepals. Several flowers are arranged in a one- 

 sided, slightly drooping terminal cluster which becomes 

 erect after the flowers mature. This species grows 

 from Florida and Arizona far in to Canada, and seems 

 to prefer the shade of beach, oak, and fir trees from 



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