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Small Pyrola. Pyrola secwnda. 



Found in woodlands during June and July. 



The 3- to 6-incli-long flower-stem springs, along with several leaves, 

 from the top of an underground, somewhat square, stalk. 



The leaf is oval, with a somewhat pointed tip, a midrib that is 

 strong and prominent above as well as beneath, and a finely scalloped 

 margin ; its texture is thin and firm, and its surface glossy ; it is ever- 

 green. Set on slender trough-like short stems, the leaves form a small 

 group. In color a fine, clear green. 



The flower is small ; the 5 obtuse-pointed, greenish-white petals 

 curve in the shape of a bell, the slightly curving, green pistil pro- 

 truding ; the 5-parted calyx is very small and greenish. The flowers, 

 on their little foot-stems, are set along the stem in a nodding row, whose 

 weight, apparently, pulls the erect stem to one side. A few tiny leaf- 

 kins occur on this stem. 



When the flowers fall, the little 5-scalloped seed-pods with the 

 long pistils remain long in their places. The buds do not open in 

 regular sequence, as is usual among blossoms similarly arranged. 



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