GREEN PYROLA 



Pyrola chlorantha Swartz 



The green pyrok is a denizen of dry wooded slopes, and blossoms 

 in July. Although it has fewer flowers than the pink species, it is 

 almost as attractive. The slightly sweet-scented flowers are borne on 

 a stiff stem, rising from a rosette of leathery, evergreen leaves. The 

 flowers are thick and fleshy and remain for a long time upon the 

 plant, being followed by dry seed pods. 



Green pyrola has a wide range, extending from Virginia to Arizona 

 and California, and northward to Labrador and British Columbia. It 

 occurs also in Europe. 



The specimen sketched was obtained in the valley of the Siffleur 

 River, fifty miles by trail north of Lake Louise, Alberta, at an altitude 

 of 5,000 feet. 



PLATE II3 



