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The Spotted Wintergreen (Chimaphila maculata (Linnaeus) 

 Pursh) lias lanceolate leaves, broadest at or below the middle, mottled 

 with white along the veins, and somewhat larger, white flowers. 



Indian Pipe Family 

 Monotropaceae 



Indian Pipe ; or Corpse Plant 



Monotropa uni flora Linnaeus 



Plate 152b and Figure XXI 



A white, scapose, succulent plant growing usually in clusters from a 

 mass of matted, brittle roots, attached to partially decayed organic matter 

 in the soil; stems 4 to 10 inches high, erect, each with a solitary nodding, 

 terminal, inodorous, oblong-campanulate flower, one-half to 1 inch long; 

 the fruit, which is a five-celled, many-seeded capsule becoming erect; 

 sepals two to four, deciduous; petals four to five (rarely six), puberulent 

 within, white or slightly pinkish, somewhat longer than the stamens, 

 which are usually ten in number; ovary ovoid, pointed, narrowed into the 

 short, thick style and funnelform stigma. 



In moist, rich woods, Anticosti to Florida west to Washington and 

 California. Flowering from June to August. 



The Indian Pipe, or Corpse Plant, as it is frequently known, is one of 

 the few flowering plants which possess a saprophytic habit, and is in con- 

 sequence devoid of green- leaves or green color in the stems. The flowers 

 are said to be inodorous but I have usually noticed a peculiar faint odor to 

 fresh flowers. The species of Pinesap (Hypopitys) and most of the 

 members of the Broom Rape family also have the same habit, although 

 many of them are pink, yellow or brown in color. 



