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726. WiNTERGREEN. Gaultheria procumhens. {Ericaceae.) An 

 aromatic smooth, prostrate plant with a few evergreen leaves 

 clustered near the ends of the slightly woody stems. Leaves 

 oval, or oval-oblong, 1-2 in. long, short stalked, shining above, 

 and with short, bristle-tipped teeth. Flower solitary, or a few, 

 the corolla bell shaped, and with 5 short blunt lobes. Fruit 

 red, roundish, about y% in. in diameter. In woods. New- 

 foundland to Georgia, and westward. June- September. Fig. 



726. See No. 668. 



727. Ground Pink. Phlox subulafa. (Poiemoniaceae.) A 

 low herb, forming dense mats in rocky or sandy places. Leaves 

 almost thread-like, 7-18 at each cluster, the stem leafless be- 

 tween the clusters. Flowers in terminal, not dense clusters, 

 pink, magenta, or white. Corolla with a long narrow tube, 

 the 5, notched lobes spreading. New York to Florida, west 

 to Michigan and Kentucky. Commonly cultivated, and some- 

 times escaping. May. Fig. 727. See also Nos. 666 and 679. 



728. DiAPENSiA. Diapensia lapponica. {Diapensiaceae.) A low 

 dense cushion-like plant, with short woody stems. Leaves 

 crowded all along the stems, stalkless, evergreen, less than 

 34 in. long. Flower solitary, on a stalk overtopping the cushion 

 about 3 in. Corolla broadly bell shaped, white, waxy, about 

 Ys in. long, its 5 blunt lobes short. On alpine summits, 

 mostly above timber line, Adirondacks and Mountains of 

 New England, northward to the Arctic. June. Fig. 728. 



729. Pyxie. Pyxidanthcra barbidata. (Diapensiaceae.) Pros- 

 trate, very leafy plant growing in flat mats or patches. Leaves 



