46 WHITE AND GREENISH 



1. INDIAN PIPE; Corpse Plant: Ice-plant: 

 Ghost-flower. Monotropa unifldra. 



Heath Family. June — Aug. 



Found in moist, heavily-shaded woods. 

 Throughout North America, except far 

 south. 

 Flowers — Waxy white, solitary, nodding, termi- 

 nating stem 4—10 inches high. 

 Leaves — None. Plant stem colorless, turning 

 black with age, bearing numerous 

 scales, one or more stems arising from 

 a mass of brittle, fibrous roots. 



2. WILD LEEK: Allium tricoccum. 

 Lily Family. June — July. 



Found in rich woods. New Brunswick to 

 Minnesota, south to North Carolina. 

 Flowers — Greenish white, clustered at the end of 



stalk 4-15 inches high. 

 Leaves — Two or three leaves 8-10 inches long, 

 which wither before the flowers bloom, 

 arise from a pointed bulb; strongly 

 onion scented. 



