330 MISCELLANEOUS 



1. PINESAP; FALSE BEECHDROPS: Yellow 

 Bird's-nest. Monotropa Hypopitys. 



Heath Family. June Sept. 



Found in dry woods. Florida and Arizona, 

 northward into British Possessions. 



FLOWERS Crimson and yellow, somewhat variable, 

 about 1/2 inch long, slightly fragrant, 

 borne in drooping clusters (which be- 

 come erect later), terminating stem 

 412 inches high. 



LEAVES None. Stems clustered, scaly, arising 

 from a mass of fibrous roots. 



2. BEECHDROPS: Cancer-root. 



Epifagus virginiana. 



Broom-rape Family. Aug. Oct. 



Found usually under beech trees. New 

 Brunswick to Ontario, Wisconsin, and south- 

 ward. 



FLOWERS Light yellow or brownish, purple- 

 striped, scattered along the branches. 

 LEAVES None. Plant stem brownish or red- 

 dish tinged, arising from brittle, fibrous 

 roots, 6-20 inches high. 



