WILD FLOWERS WHITE AND GREENISH 
to ten inches high, and bears from seven to fifteen 
very fragrant, greenish white, nodding flowers. The 
thin, tough, evergreen leaf is broadly oval or ellip- 
tical in shape, and narrowed or rounded at the base 
where it tapers into a short, reddish margined stem. 
The edges are obscurely dented with low teeth, and 
the ribs and veins show whitish against the dark green 
surface. The stems of the tufted leaves are sheathed 
at the base. The five thin petals of the waxy flower 
form a little, spreading cup within which are the ten 
yellow-tipped stamens. The long, curving pistil 
extends conspicuously beyond the corolla. The five- 
parted, green calyx spreads to support the petals. 
The slender flower stalk bears one small leaflet near the 
middle. The common name was applied because the 
leaves were formerly used to allay inflammation in 
bruises and sores. The Shin-leaf is found from June 
to August, in rich and mostly dry woods, from Canada 
to the District of Columbia, Illinois, Michigan, Iowa, 
and along the Rocky Mountains to New Mexico. 
ROUND-LEAVED, PEAR-LEAVED, OR 
FALSE WINTERGREEN. INDIAN, 
OR CANKER LETTUCE 
Pyrola americana, Wintergreen Family. 
This is the tallest of the Pyrolas, which at a dis- 
tance resemble somewhat the flowers of the Lily of 
the Valley. The flower stalk rises from six to twenty 
inches from a perennial, creeping root. The shin- 
ing, evergreen leaves spread from the base on long, 
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