MISCELLANEOUS 



PINE SAP. FALSE BEECHDROPS. 



Monotropa Hypopitys. Heath Family. 



A low fleshy herb without green foliage ; tawny, reddish, or whitish. 

 Flowers. Resembling in structure those of the Indian pipe, but clustered 

 in a raceme. 



The pine sap is , a parasitic plant which is closely allied to 

 the Indian pipe (PI. XXL). Its clustered flowers are usually fra- 

 grant. The plant is commonly of a somewhat tawny hue, but 

 occasionally one finds a bright red specimen. It flourishes in oak 

 or pine woods from June till August. 



RATTLESNAKE-ROOT. 



Prenanthes alba. 



Height. Two to four feet. Leaves. The lower cleft or toothed, the 

 uppermost oblong and undivided. Flower-heads. Nodding, composed of 

 white or greenish strap-shaped flowers surrounded by a purplish involucre. 



LION'S FOOT. GALL-OF-THE-EARTH. 



Prenanthes serpentaria. Composite Family (p. 13). 



Height. About two feet. Leaves. Roughish, the lower lobed, the up- 

 per oblong lance-shaped. Flower-heads. Nodding, composed of greenish 

 or cream-colored strap-shaped flowers surrounded by a greenish or purple 

 involucre. 



These plants are peculiarly decorative in late summer on ac- 

 count of their graceful, drooping, bell-shaped flower-heads. The 

 flowers themselves almost escape notice, and their color is rather 

 difficult to determine, the purplish or greenish involucre being 

 the plants' conspicuous feature. 



The generic name is from the Greek, and signifies drooping 

 blossom. 



WILD BEAN. GROUND-NUT. 



A pi os tuber osa. Pulse Family (p. 1 6). 



Stem. Twining and climbing over bushes. Leaves. Divided into three 

 to seven narrowly oval leaflets. Flowers. Papilionaceous, purplish or 

 chocolate-color, somewhat violet-scented, closely clustered in racemes. 



In late summer the dark, rich flowers of the wild bean are 

 found in short, thick clusters among the luxuriant undergrowth 



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