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Round-leaved American Wintergreen 

 ( P y r 1 a a m e r i c a n a Sweet ) 



at the base, i to 4 inches long 

 with petioles mainly shorter 

 than the blades. Flowers 

 wliite, or faintly tinged with 

 l>mk, nodding and fragrant, 

 ' ine-half to two-thirds of an 

 inch broad on pedicels one- 

 f( turth of an inch long or less. 

 Calyx lobes oblong or lance- 

 olate ; petals about three times 

 as long as the calyx lobes, 

 thick and blunt; stamens and 

 style declined, the style pro- 

 ji'cting conspicuously from the 

 llnwer. Fruit a small capsule 

 .ilidttt one-foin-th of an inch in 

 iliameter. 



In dry woods, usually in 

 sandy soil. Nova Scotia to 

 Sdtith Dakota south to Georgia 

 and ( )hio. Flowering in June 

 and July. The most showy 

 (if our native species of Win- 

 tergreen or vShinleaf, as they 

 are sometimes called. 



There are three additional 

 species of Shinleaf or Winter- 

 green in New York. The 

 ( Ireenish-fiowered Winter- 

 green ( P y r o 1 a c h 1 o r a n - 

 tha Swartz), has small, 

 orbicular, thick-textured leaf 

 blades, one-half to U inches 



