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ERICACEAE. HEATH FAMILY. 

 CLETHRA L. White Alder. 



Clethra alnifolia L. (alder-leaved). 

 Sweet Pepperbush. 



Swamps and low thickets. Rare in Litchfield County: 

 Kent (E. H. Austin), Litchfield (Miss E. H. Thompson). 

 Frequent elsewhere. July — Aug. 



Often cultivated for its very fragrant white flowers. 



. CHIMAPHILA Pursh. Pipsissewa. 

 Chimaphila umbellata (L.) Nutt. (umbellate). 

 Prince's Pine. Pipsissewa. 



Occasional or frequent. Dry woods. June — ^July. 

 The leaves are medicinal and are officinal. 



Chimaphila maculata (L.) Pursh (spotted). 

 Spotted Wintergreen. 



Occasional or frequent. Dry woods. July — Aug. 

 Has medicinal properties similar to those of Chimaphila 

 umbellata. 



MONESES Salisb. One-flowered Pyrola. 

 Moneses uniflora (L.) Gray (one-flowered). 

 Moneses grandiftora S. F. Gray. 

 One-flowered Pyrola or Wintergreen. 



Rare or local. Pine woods: Woodstock (Graves), Union 

 (H. E. Back), Avon (H. S. Clark), East Granby (L Hol- 

 comb), Norfolk (Miss M. C. Seymour), Newtown (L P. 

 Blackman), Canaan (W. H. Leggett), Salisbury (Mrs. C. S. 

 Phelps ) . June — July. 



PYROLA L. Wintergreen. Shin Leaf. 



Pyrola secunda L. (one-sided). 



Dry woods, often under pines and hemlocks. Rare near 

 the coast: Ledyard (Graves), Hamden (Harger), Orange 

 (Fames), Fairfield (L. N. Johnson). Occasional or local 

 elsewhere. June — July. 



Pyrola chlorantha Sw. (green-flowered). ^ 



Dry woods, usually under evergreens. Rare near the 



