Ibonei^sucF^Ie ifamili^. 



Linnxa. Linncea borealis. 



Twin-flower. 



Found in cool, mossy woods, and cold damp bogs ; blossoming in 

 early June. 



A trailing vine with a round, rough, and woody-fibred, reddish 

 stem, running over the ground. 



The pretty, rounding leaf has a few scallops on its edge, a slightly 

 rough surface, and a dry texture ; it is evergreen, of a rich, dark green 

 color. The leaves are in pairs, on short foot-stems. 



The little bell-shaped corolla is about \ an inch long, narrowing 

 into a small tube at the bottom, and widening at the top where it is 

 5-parted ; it is fine in texture, fragrant, and in color white, tinged with 

 pink. The tiny green calyx has 5 thread-like divisions. The slender 

 flower-stems, rising erect from the creeping stalk to a height of 3 or 4 

 inches, fork near the top to bear the nodding twin flowers. 



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