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flowers near the summit of a stalk near a foot high ; flowers in 

 July. The leaves are in popular use as a dressing for sores on 

 the legs, as having one side drawing, and the other healing. 



P. secunda. L. One-sided Winter Green. Much smaller, 

 and with flowers more 1 -sided, but much like the preceding ; 

 grows in woods also ; July. 



P. maculata. L. Spotted Winter Green. A handsome 

 plant, with variegated leaves ; woods ; July ; resembles the 

 following. 



P. umbellata. L. Prince's Pine. In some sections of the 

 country, this plant is known by the Indian name Pipsissawa, or 

 Sipsissewa. A handsome evergreen, and, from the brightness of 

 its leaves in the snows, has been called Chimaphila, or lover of 

 winter. 



Stern scarcely a foot high, with thick, leathery, wedge-form 

 leaves along the lower half of the stem, the upper half ending in 

 a few large, greenish-white, and purplish flowers, in a nodding co- 

 rymb ; blossoms in July. Medicinal. Bigelow's " Medical 

 Botany." A decoction of the plant has been supposed to be a 

 remedy for cancer. 



P. uniflora. L. Has a solitary white flower on a small short 

 stem, with roundish leaves ; blossoms in July ; found near Salem, 

 by Mr. Oakes, who has so successfully examined the botany of 

 New England, and especially of this State. It is a native of 

 Britain also, and said, by Sir J. E. Smith, to be " one of the 

 most curious and elegant of British flowers." Loudon. 



P. asarifolia, Mx. Resembles P. rotundifolia, but distinguish- 

 ed from all the species by its large, leathery, reniform leaves. 



P. elliptica. Nutt. Seems to approach very near to P. ro- 

 tundifolia,) but possibly to be distinguished by its white and odo- 

 rous flowers and rather elliptic leaves ; July ; dry woods. 



