HEATH FAMILY 



with their round and spreading petals, hanging freely on a 

 leafless stem, at whose base is a rosette of nearly round, 

 shining, deep green leaves. 



ERICACEAE HEATH FAMILY 



Monotropa uniflora, L. 



White or pink Indian Pipe, 



Dutchman's Pipe, 



August-September Fairy Smoke, 



American Ice Plant, 

 Convulsion Weed, 

 Corpse Plant, 

 Ghost Flower, 

 Eyebright, 

 Bird's Nest. 



Monotropa: from Greek meaning one turn, because the 



stem at the summit is turned to one side. 

 Uniflora: Latin for one-flowered. 



THE PREFERRED HABITAT: leaf-mould around pine trees, 

 sometimes on the open Commons; possibly a parasite on 

 the Heath Family. 



THE PLANT: erect, white or whitish throughout, four inches 

 to ten inches high; flower stems usually clustered from a 

 mass of brittle roots, thick, nairless. 



THE LEAVES: reduced to scales alternate above; crowded 

 at the base; more or less pressed against the stem; lanceo- 

 late; acutish at the apex; sessile. 



THE FLOWERS : single, or rarely in twos, sometimes an inch 

 long; oblong bell-shaped, with five and sometimes four, 

 rarely six, oblong petals, having tiny soft hairs within; 

 stamens ten to twelve, paler than the petals. 



THE FRUIT: a capsule, erect. 



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