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the narrowly margined petioles. Flowers |-f 

 of an inch broad, pink, nodding in a slen- 

 der raceme 2-4 inches long; stamens and 

 style declined, ascending; style' exserted. 



In damp ground, in woods and swamps 

 throughout the Rockies; flowering in July. 



^ t Leaf blades thin, broadly oval 



Pyrola 



minor L. or near ly orbicular, dark green, 

 Lesser crenulate, obtuse but sometimes 



Wintergreen. w i tn a spine-tipped apex, 

 rounded, slightly narrowed or subcordate 

 at the base |-i inch long. Flowers pinkish, 

 \ inch broad, nodding, in a close raceme; 

 style straight included, stamens not inclined. 

 In damp mossy places throughout the re- 

 gion at the higher altitudes ; flowering in July. 



Pyrola Stems generally several together, 



secunda L. from the much branched root- 



One-sided stock, slender, 4-10 inches high. 



Wintergreen. LeavQS QVate Qr often oval> thin> 



acute or rarely obtuse at the apex, rounded 

 or narrowed at the base, crenulate -serrate, 

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