RED WILD FLOWERS 
base, make up the stemmed leaf. The numerous 
rich, brownish purple, butterfly-shaped flowers are 
sweetly scented, and are densely clustered in a round- 
ing or lengthened head, terminating a short stem 
from the angle of the alternating leaves. The Ground- 
nut loves the thickets in low, moist ground from New 
Brunswick to Florida, and west to Minnesota, 
Kansas, and Louisiana; and blossoms from July to 
September. 
PINESAP. FALSE BEECH-DROPS. BIRD’S NEST 
Monétropa Hypopitys. Heath Family. 
This slightly fragrant species resembles somewhat 
the Indian Pipe, to which it is closely related, and it 
is found in dry or rich woods from June to. October. 
The thick, fleshy and slender flower stalk is either 
smooth or downy, and several of them spring in a 
cluster from a dense mass of fleshy, fibrous and para- 
sitic roots. They grow from four to twelve inches high. 
The plant is leafless, and the stalk is covered with 
thin, small, tan-coloured, scaly bracts, which become 
more dense toward the base. The short-stemmed, 
oblong, bell-shaped flowers vary in colour from white 
and yellowish to pink, as do also the stalks. They are 
from three to five parted, with usually an equal number 
of fleshy sepals. Several flowers are arranged in a one- 
sided, slightly drooping terminal cluster which becomes 
erect after the flowers mature. This species grows 
from Florida and Arizona far in to Canada, and seems 
to prefer the shade of beach, oak, and fir trees from 
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