THE WOODLAND EOAD. 



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Hampshire ; but both flowers are common 

 throughout the Northern States. 



The last two members of the 

 Heath family are the daintiest and 

 oddest of all ; these are the ghostly 

 white Indian pipe {Monotroj)a unifio- 

 ra), with its frail, fleshy single flower 

 familiar to us all, and the tawny or red 

 dish false beech drops {Monotropa Hy 

 ^opitys). We And the latter on the bor- 

 ders of oak or pine woods, flowering 

 in summer time. The stem is from 

 four to ten inches high, and bears 

 tiny fragrant flowers with four or five 

 petals of a ruddy, or pale terra-cotta 

 hue. 



The Monot/ropas are common 

 throughout the East. They flourish 

 on the decomposed vegetation of 

 damp rich woods. 



False Beech 

 Drops. 



