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Pyrola rotundifolia L. 



Round leaved wintergreen 

 Woods. Not rare. July. 



Pyrola elliptica Nutt. 

 Shinleaf 



Woods. Common. July. 



Pyrola secunda L. 



One sided wintergreen 

 Woods. Common. July. 



P. secunda pumila Paine 

 A dwarf form differing from the type in its smaller size, fewer flowers 

 and nearly orbicular leaves which are 6 to 9 lines in diameter. Raybrook 

 and Moose island in Lake Placid. 



Monotropa uniflora L. 



Indian pipe. Corpse plant 



Woods. Common. July and August. This singular waxy white 

 plant often attracts attention by its peculiar shape and color. The single 

 flower which terminates the stem droops or curves to one side like the 

 bowl of a pipe, but it becomes erect with age. The whole plant turns 

 black in drying. 



Hypopitys Hypopitys (L.) Small 



Monotropa Hypopitys L. 



Pine sap. False beech drops 



Under coniferous trees. Rare. Under young spruce trees north of 

 North Elba post office. August. 



DIAPENSIACEAE 

 Diapensia Lapponica L. 



Diapensia. Lapland diapensia 



Top of Mt Mclntyre and Mt Wright. A pretty little alpine plant 2 

 or 3 inches high, bearing a single conspicuous white flower at the 

 top of the stem which is densely clothed below with thick but narrow 

 often recurved evergreen leaves. 



