WHITE AND GREENISH WILD FLOWERS 



south to Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and 

 in the Rockies to Colorado and Oregon. 



ONE-SIDED WINTERGREEN 



Pyrola secunda. Wintergreen Family. 



This strange little Pyrola is easily identified by its 

 drooping, one-sided floral spike of greenish white 

 five-lobed, bell-shaped flowers which have exceedingly 

 prominent pistils. Usually several slender flower- 

 ing stems rise from four to ten inches high from the 

 much-branched rootstock. The thin, glossy, oval, 

 evergreen leaf has a rounded or narrowed base, and 

 tapers toward the tip. The leaves grow in a tuft on 

 slender stems and have a finely scalloped margin and 

 a strong midrib. The stalk is erect at first, but bends 

 to one side as the small, scarcely nodding flowers 

 mature. The flowers blossom in an irregular order 

 along the stalk, and the long, slightly curved pistil 

 remains after the petals have fallen. It should be 

 noted that the petals are not entirely separated, but 

 are joined together in growth. This little plant is 

 found during June and July in rich woods and thick- 

 ets, from Labrador to Alaska, south to the District of 

 Columbia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and along the Rock- 

 ies to Mexico and California. Also in Europe and Asia. 



SHIN-LEAF 



Pyrola ellipiica. Wintergreen Family. 



This, one of the smallest of the Pyrolas, is also one 

 of the commonest. Its flower stalk grows from five 



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