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Pinesap; False Beechdrops 

 Hypopitys americana ( DeCandolle) Small 



Plate 153a 



Entire plant lemon-yellow or faintly pink in color, hairy, 3 to 10 inches 

 tall from a dense mass of fleshy root-fibers. Stems scaly, the scales 

 crowded on the lower part of the stems, one-eighth to one-half of an inch 

 long, the upper ones sometimes toothed. Flowers nodding in a one-sided 

 raceme which becomes erect. Terminal flowers usually five-parted, the 

 lateral ones three or four-parted ; petals three-fourths to 1 inch long, slightly 

 pubescent and ciliate like the sepals; stigma not retrorsely bearded, the 

 style sparingly pubescent. Fruit capsules oval, one-fourth to 1 inch long. 



In open or sandy woods, Ontario and New York, south to North 

 Carolina. Flowering from July until September. 



The Hairy Pinesap (Hypopitys lanuginosa (Michaux) Nuttall) 



is, usually tawny or crimson and more conspicuously hairy than the species 



described above; the stigma retrorsely bearded, the sepals and petals 



long ciliated. By some botanists the two are regarded as forms of the 



same species. 



Heath Family 



Ericaceae 



Purple or Pink Azalea; Pinkster Flower 



Azalea nudi flora Linnaeus 



Plate 154 



A much-branched shrub, 2 to 8 feet high, the twigs smooth or with 

 some stiff hairs. Leaves thin, alternate, mostly clustered near the ends of 

 the twigs, obovate or oblong, pointed at both ends, hairy on the principal 

 veins and midrib beneath, usually smooth above; when young and just 

 unfolding they are usually distinctly canescent, at least beneath. Flowers 

 pink or nearly white, usually opening before the leaves are full}- expanded 

 or in shaded situations opening with the leaves, fragrant, if to 2 inches 

 broad, somewhat two-lipped, the tube of the flower hairy on the outside, 



