PYROLA FAMILY. Pyrolaceas. 



are slightly fragrant. 4-9 inches high . But 3-9 flowers. 

 Woods. Me., south to Md., west to Minn., and Col. 

 g. . . ^, Perhaps the commonest of all the Py- 



PfiroJa dJiptica rolas, rather taller than P. cTdorantha, 

 Greenish white with evergreen, dark olive green, ellipti- 

 June-July ^.g^]^ j^l^jn, and obscurely shallow-toothed 



leaves, the stalks somewhat flat or troughed ; they ex- 

 ceed their stalks in length. The greenish white waxy 

 flowers nod ; they are very fragrant ; the five petals are 

 thin and obovate. and form a protective cup about the pale 

 ochre yellow anthers ; the pistil is extremely long, bends 

 downward and then curves upward, exposing the tiny 

 five-lobed stigma to the visiting insect wliich is most 

 likeh^ to alight upon the invitingly exposed pistil. The 

 flowers form a loose cluster, each on a ruddy pedicel 

 (stemlet), and are borne on an upright stalk generally 

 ruddy at the base, and having a tiny leaflet or bract 

 half-way up. Commonly visited by the beelike flies 

 {Syrpliidce), and the bees of the genera Halictns and 

 Andrena. 5-10 inches high. Rich woods, from Me., 

 south to Md.. and west to S. Dak. and 111. The name is 

 from Pyriis or Pirum, a pear, in allusion to the shape of 

 the leaf. 



A similar but much taller species, with 



Koun = eave j-^g^j.jy round or very broad oval leaves, 



Pyrola " *' 



Pyi-ola thick, very indistinctly toothed or tooth- 



rotnndifoUa less, and a deep shining green ; the stems 



White usually longer than the leaves, and nar- 



June- u y ^owly margined ; they are evergreen. 



The white waxy flowers are like those described above, 



but the roundish obovate petals spread open jnuch more : 



they are also very sweet-scented. 8-18 inches high. In 



dry or damp sandy woodlands, from Me., south to Ga., 



and west to Minn,, S. Dak., and Ohio. 



This similar species has pale crimson or 



^'^^.?,. magenta flowers, and very round heart- 



asarifolia ,,, , ..,,.. , 



shaped leaves, rather wide, shmmg, and 



thick. The southern limit, northern N. Y. and New 



Eng. But both species are more frequently found 



northward. 



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