42 Chimaphila maculata. 



of one of the common English names of this species and its congener 

 Chimaphila umbellata. The resemblance between the two species 

 is very striking when the plants are separately viewed, and has 

 given rise to the mistake of collecting one for the other, or both, 

 1 indiscriminately, for the Pippsissewa. The plant now under notice, 

 has been called poison Pippsissewa by the Indians. It grows in com- 

 pany with C. umbellata, the different species of Pyrola, Andromeda, 

 and Vaccmium, delighting in the same kind of soil as they flourish 

 in. It exhales a very delicate and aromatic fragrance, resembling 

 that of the Pippsissewa, but more intense. By the whitish marks in 

 the leaves, it may readily be distinguished from the Pippsissewa, 

 when sought by persons unacquainted with the botanic characters 

 of the two plants. Like that species, C. maculata is possessed of 

 active medicinal virtues, which will be particularly detailed else- 

 where.* 



Fig. 1. Represents a flowering specimen, of the size of nature. 



2. The pistil. 



3. A stamen. 



♦Vegetable Materia Medica of the United States, Vol. III. 



