POPULAR FLORA. 
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Great R. or Laurel. Leaves lance-oblong, 4' to 10' long, green both sides; flowers T wide, pale 
rose or white, greenish, and spotted in the throat. Damp, deep woods. R< maximum » 
Azalea. Azalea. 
Shrubs, like Rhododendron, but with thin and deciduous leaves ; the long stamens only 5. Our two 
common wild species (wrongly called Honeysuckle) grow in swamps. 
1. Purple A. or Pinxter-flower. Flowers rather earlier than the leaves; corolla funnel-shaped 
with long recurved lobes, pink-purple or rose-color. A. nudifiora. 
2. Clammy or White A. Flowers white, clammy, sweet-scented, later than the leaves, which are 
whitish or pale beneath. Common E. A. viscosa. 
Wintergreen (or Shin-leaf). Pyrola. 
Leaves evergreen, rounded, all next the ground, around the base of a scape bearing a raceme of 
greenish- white (or rarely ros.e-colored) nodding flowers. Petals 5, all separate, not spreading. Stamens 
10: filaments awl-shaped, naked. Style long. Pod 5-lobed. 
* Style turned down and curved. 
1. Round-leaved W. Leaves orbicular, thick, shining ; raceme many-flowered ; calyx-lobes lancp- 
shaped. Moist woods. P. rotundifblit*- 
2. Oval-leaved W. Leaves broadly oval, thin; flowers many ; calyx-lobes ovate, short. P. elliptic^ 
3. Small W. Leaves roundish, thick, small; flowers few; cells of the anther pointed. P. chlor anther 
* * Style straight. 
4. One-sided W. Leaves thin, ovate ; flowers small, all on one side of the raceme. P. secunda. 
Pipsissewa. Chimaphila. 
Leaves evergreen, oblong or lance-shaped, toothed, crowded or scattered on short ascending stems, 
which bears at the summit from 1 to 7 fragrant flesh-colored flowers in a corymb or umbel. Petals 
orbicular, widely spreading. Stamens 10; their filaments enlarged and hairy in the middle. Stvle. 
very short : stigma broad and flat. Dry woods ; fl. early summer. 
1. Umbelled P. (or Prince’ s-Pine). Leaves lance-shaped with a tapering base, serrate, bright, 
green, not spotted; flowers 4 to 7. C. umbellata. 
2. Spotted P. Plant smaller, 3' to 5' high : leaves lance-ovate, obtuse at the base, blotched with 
white, flowers 1 to 4. C. maculdta. 
54. HOLLY FAMILY. Order AQUIFOLIACEiE. 
Trees or shrubs, with alternate leaves, and small regular (often polygamous) flowers in 
the axils ; the minute calyx and the 4 - 6-parted (greenish or white) corolla free from the 
ovary. Stamens 4 to 6, attached to the very base of the corolla, alternate with its divisions. 
Anthers opening lengthwise. Stigmas nearly sessile. Fruit a berry-like drupe, containing 
4 to 6 small seedlike stones. — Consists mainly of the genus 
Holly. Ilex. 
Containing several species, some with deciduous, others with evergreen leaves. 
1. American Holly. Leaves thick and evergreen, spiny-toothed, oval ; parts of the blossom in 
fours ; fruit red. — Tree with ash-colored bark and white wood. I. opaca. 
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