NATIVE WILD FLOWERS 



ONE-FLOWERED PYROLA Moneses uniflora (Gray). 



(PLATE XVII.) 



This exquisitely scented flower is found only in the 

 shade of the forest, in rich black leaf mould, where, like 

 P. elliptica, it forms considerable beds; it is of evergreen 

 habit. The leaves are of a dark green and smooth surface, 

 clustered at the base of short stems which rise from the 

 running root-stock, from the centre of each of which rises 

 one simple scape bearing a gracefully nodding flower ; 

 each milk-white petal is elegantly scalloped; the stamens, 

 eight to ten, are set close to the base of the petals; the 

 anthers are of a bright purple-amethyst color; the style 

 straight, with five radiating points at the extremity, form- 

 ing a perfect mural crown in shape; it is bright green and 

 much exceeds in length the stamens. 



The scent of the flower is very fine, resembling in richness 

 that of the hyacinth. 



The members of the Pyrola family are, for the most 

 part, found in rich woods, some in low, wet ground, but 

 a few prefer the drier soil of forests; one of these is the 

 exquisitely beautiful evergreen plant known by Canadian 

 settlers as 



PRINCE'S PINE Chimaphila umbellata (Nutt.), 



From root to summit this plant is altogether lovely. The 

 leaves are dark, shining and smooth, evergreen and finely 

 serrated; the stem is of a bright rosy red; the delicately 

 pink-tinted flowers look as if moulded from wax; the 

 anthers are of a bright amethyst-purple, set round the- 

 emerald-green turbinated stigma. The flowers are not 

 many, but form a loose corymb springing from the centre 

 of the shining green leaves. There is scarcely a more 



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