122 WILD FLOWERS AND FRUITS 



sometimes adherent at tip to corolla; leaves 

 generally in 3*5, pale, somewhat lance-shaped, 

 blunt pointed. Hillsides. Spring, early summer. 



Joe Pye weed (Eupatorium purpureum). 



III. LEAVES NOT OPPOSITE OR WHORLED. 



14. Leaves otherwise than opposite or whorled, plant trailing, 

 creeping or spreading. 



TRAILING ARBUTUS (Epigaea repens). Heath family. 

 Stem hairy; flowers clustered in axils, very fra- 

 grant; leaves egg-shaped to oblong, on slender 

 stalks. Sandy and rocky places, particularly 

 under pine trees. Early spring. 



