WHITE AND GREENISH WILD FLOWERS 
south to Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and 
in the Rockies to Colorado and Oregon. 
ONE-SIDED WINTERGREEN 
P5rola sectinda. Wintergreen Family. 
This strange little Pyrola is easily identified by its 
drooping, one-sided floral spike of greenish white . 
five-lobed, bell-shaped flowers which have exceedingly 
prominent pistils. Usually several slender flower- 
ing stems rise from four to ten inches high from the 
much-branched rootstock. The thin, glossy, oval, 
evergreen leaf has a rounded or narrowed base, and 
tapers toward the tip. The leaves grow in a tuft on 
slender stems and have a finely scalloped margin and 
a strong midrib. The stalk is erect at first, but bends 
to one side as the small, scarcely nodding flowers 
mature. The flowers blossom in an irregular order 
along the stalk, and the long, slightly curved pistil 
remains after the petals have fallen. It should be 
noted that the petals are not entirely separated, but 
are joined together in growth. This little plant is 
found during June and July in rich woods and thick- 
ets, from Labrador to Alaska, south to the District: of 
Columbia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and along the Rock- 
ies to Mexico and California. Also in Europe and Asia. 
SHIN=-LEAF 
Pyrola elliptica. Wintergreen Family. 
This, one of the smallest of the Pyrolas, is also one 
of the commonest. Its flower stalk grows from five 
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