Magenta to Pink 



Brunswick to the Pacific, and southward to Delaware, is the 

 Linear-leaved Willow-herb (£. lineare), whose distinguishing 

 features are its very narrow, acute leaves, its hoariness through- 

 out, the dingy threads on its tiny seeds, and the occasional bulb- 

 lets it bears near the base of the stem. It is scarcely to be 

 distinguished by one not well up in field practice from another 

 bog lover, the Downy or Soft Willow-herb (£. strictum), which, 

 however, is a trifle taller, glandular throughout, and with sessile, 

 not petioled, leaves. The Purple-leaved Willow-herb {E. colo- 

 ratum), common in low grounds, may best be named by the 

 reddish-brown coma to which its seeds are attached. Both leaves 

 and stem are often highly colored. 



Bog Wintergreen 



{Pyrola uliginosa) Wintergreen family 

 (P. rotundifolia, var. uliginosa of Gray) 



Flowers — Magenta pink, fragrant, about yi in. across, 7 to 1 5 on 

 a leafless scape 6 to 1 5 in. high. Calyx 5-parted ; 5 concave 

 petals; 10 stamens; style curved upward, exserted. Leaves: 

 From the root, broadly oval or round, rather thick and dull, 

 on petioles. 



Preferred Habitat — Swamps and bogs. 



Flowering Season — June. 



Distribution — Nova Scotia to British Columbia, southward to New 

 York and Colorado. 



Fragrant colonies of this little plant cuddled close to the moss 

 of cool, northern peat bogs draw forth our admiration when we 

 go orchid hunting in early summer. A similar species, the Liver- 

 leaf Wintergreen (P. asarifolia), with shining, not dull, leaves and 

 rose-colored flowers, not to mention minor differences, is like- 

 wise found in swamps and wet woods. These two winter- 

 greens, formerly counted mere varieties of the white-flowered 

 rotundifolia, a lover of dry woods, have now been given specific 

 individuality by later-day systematists. Short-lipped bees and 

 flies may be detected in the act of applying their mouths to the 

 orifices of the anthers through which pollen is shed, and some 

 must be carried to the stigma of another flower. 



Pipsissewa; Prince's Pine 



(Chimaphila umbellata) Wintergreen family 



Flowers — Flesh-colored, or pinkish, fragrant, waxy, usually with 

 deep pink ring around centre, and the anthers colored ; about 

 yi in. across ; several flowers in loose, terminal cluster. 



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