94 WHITE AND GREENISH 



FLOWERING MOSS; PYXIE: Pine-barren 

 Beauty. Pyxidanthera barbulata. 



Diapensia Family. Mch. — May. 



A low plant, growing in mat-like patches, 

 creeping prostrate branches 6—10 inches 

 long. Found in dry, sandy soil, pine barrens. 

 New Jersey to North Carolina. 

 Flowers — White, often pink, about 1^. inch 



across, 5-lobed, numerous. 

 Leaves — Very small and narrow, seated on 

 stem, crowded toward the ends of the 

 branches, moss-like in appearance. 



MAYFLOWER ; TRAILING ARBUTUS: 



Ground Laurel. Epigaea repens. 



Heath Family. Mch. — May. 



Found in woodlands or mossy, rocky places. 

 Newfoundland to Florida, west to Kentucky, 

 Minnesota and the Northwest. 

 Flowers — White or pink tinted, 5-lobed, fragrant, 

 in clusters at the ends of the woody, 

 creeping branches 6—10 inches long. 

 Leaves — Oval, rounded at the base, old leaves 

 more or less rusty spotted. 



