WHITE 



SHIN-LEAF. 



Pyrola clliptica. Heath Family. 



Scape. Upright, scaly, terminating in a many-flowered raceme. Leaves. 

 From the root, thin and dull, somewhat oval. Flowers. White, nodding. 

 Calyx. Five-parted. Corolla. Of five rounded, concave petals. Sta- 

 mens. Ten. Pistil. One, with a long curved style. 



In the distance these pretty flowers suggest the lilies-of- 

 the- valley. They are found in the woods of June and July, 

 often in close company with the pipsissewa. The ugly common 

 name of shin-leaf arose from an early custom of applying the 

 leaves of this genus to bruises or sores ; the English peasantry 

 being in the habit of calling any kind of plaster a " shin-plaster " 

 without regard to the part of the body to which it might be 

 applied. The old herbalist, Salmon, says that the name Pyrola 

 was given to the genus by the Romans on account of the fancied 

 resemblance of its leaves and flowers to those of a pear-tree. 

 The English also call the plant " wintergreen," which name we 

 usually reserve for Gaultheria procumbent. 



P. rotundifolia is a species with thick, shining, rounded leaves. 



COMMON BLACK HUCKLEBERRY. 



Gaylussacia resinosa. Heath Family. 



One to three feet high. Stems. Shrubby, branching. Leaves. Oval 

 or oblong, sprinkled more or less with waxy, resinous atoms. Flowers. 

 White, reddish, or purplish, bell-shaped, growing in short, one-sided clus- 

 ters. Calyx. With five short teeth. Corolla. Bell-shaped, with a five-cleft 

 border. Stamens. Ten. Pistil. One. Frtiit. A black, bloomless, edi- 

 ble berry. 



The flowers of the common huckleberry appear in May or 

 June ; the berries in late summer. The shrub abounds in rocky 

 woods and swamps. 



COMMON BLUEBERRY. 



Vaccinium corymbosun. Heath Family. 

 Five to ten feet high. 



The blueberry has a bloom which is lacking in the huckle- 

 berry. It is found in swamps or low thickets in late summer. 



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