PINK WILD FLOWERS 
long and narrow, and usually very short-stemmed. 
The numerous pink or white flowers have four small 
rounded and notched petals and eight yellow stamens, 
The flowers are fixed on the end of a slender 
pod and are generally nodding. The purple - stained 
pod splits open in the fall and frees a mass of 
cinnamon coloured fluff. The stem and leaves are 
often tinged with purple. 
PIPSISSEWA. PRINCE’S PINE 
Chiméphila umbellata. Wintergreen Family. 
Pipsissewa was employed by the Indians in reliev- 
ing affections of the skin and for rheumatism. It 
was also a very popular remedy among the early set- 
tlers of this country. The foliage, when crushed, 
exhales a peculiar odour, and the flowers are delicately 
perfumed. The perennial stalk creeps extensively 
underground, and sends up green, leafy branches a 
foot or so in height. The thick, shining, evergreen 
leaves are long-oblong, and widen toward the tip with 
a sharply toothed margin. They are arranged in 
whorls about the stalk. Several five-petalled, waxy, 
white or purplish flowers are gathered on curved stems 
in a loose terminal cluster. The centre is marked 
with a deep pink ring, and the ten purple-tipped 
stamens are spread against the widely flaring, con- 
caved petals which encircle the large, thick, and 
sticky-topped green pistil The round, brown 
seed cases ripen on the stem, which becomes 
erect after the petals fall. The flowers are found in 
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