210 FAMILIES OF FLOWERING PLANTS : 
cover it were in vain. Finally, however, one enterprising individual 
found a supply, which he disposed of at high prices to the herbaria of 
the world. Since that time it has been introduced into cultivation, and 
is no longer difficult to obtain, although still rare in the wild state. 
Another species occurs in Japan. 
S. galacifolia, our own species, is a handsome little perennial, with 
solitary white flowers and round, Pyrola-like leaves. 
Fic. 181. Shortia galacifolia, for a long time considered one of the rarest 
North American plants. Original. 
