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July. Fig. 442. There are several closely related species, sep- 

 arated by rather technical characters. Four others, at least, 

 are known in the area, but they should be sought in the 

 technical manuals. See No. 349. 



443. Leaves not compound, or deeply cut, or divided. (Nos. 

 444-464.) 



Leaves wholly without marginal teeth no. 446 



Leaf margins distinctly toothed, but not deeply so 

 ' Leaves white-spotted, largely basal ; petals 5 



Spotted Wintergreen no. 444 



Leaves green, all on the stem ; petals 2 



Enchanter's Nightshade no. 445 



444. Spotted Wintergreen. Chimaphila mactdata. (Pyro- 

 laccae.) One of the few white- variegated native plants. 

 Leaves opposite, or in 3's, short-stalked, lance-oval, 1-3 in. 

 long, white-mottled along the mid-rib, distantly toothed. 

 Flower 1-3, in a short-stalked cluster. Petals 5, white. Fruit 

 a dry round pod. In dry woods. Maine and Ontario to 

 ( leorgia^ and westward. July. Fig. 444. The related Pipsis- 

 sewa, C. umhcllata, has green leaves, broadest towards the 

 tip and more regularly toothed. See also Nos. 513 and 518. 



445. Enchanter's Nightshade. Circaca lutctiana. (Ona- 

 (jraccac.) An erect, but weak woodland plant, 1-2 ft. tall, 

 with opposite long-stalked leaves which are broadest at the 

 base, and taperisg to a point at the apex, 2-4 in. long, dis- 



