ORCHIDACEJE 



THE PLANT: erect, from fibrous roots; the flower stalk 

 eight inches to eighteen inches high, without hairs, one to 

 three-leaved, not rarely with a long stemmed basal leaf. 



THE STEM-LEAF or LEAVES: bright green; lanceolate, or 

 ovate; sometimes three inches long; without hairs on either 

 surface; bluntly acute at the apex; entire; parallel-veined. 



THE FLOWERS: large, fragrant, solitary or occasionally in 

 pairs, slightly nodding, with a leaf-like bract; the sepals 

 and petals about equal or the petals broader, elliptic or 

 oval, streaked and curling around a beautifully fringed 

 lip; the lip spatulate, yellow to white, crested and fringed; 

 the column much shorter than the petals, thick and club- 

 shaped. Albinos have been found. 



THE FRUIT: a capsule. 



A delicate and dainty orchid, that seems perched mo- 

 mentarily on the stem. Just below the flower is a tiny leaf, 

 while farther down the stem is a second and much larger 

 one. Among the sepals and petals which are of unequal 

 length, is a beautifully fringed lip, "curved like the hollow 

 of the hand." 



ORCHIDACE^E ORCHID FAMILY 



Calopogon pulchellus, (Sw.) R. Br. 



Magenta-pink Grass Pink, 



Calopogon, 



June-July Bearded Pink) 



Swamp Pink. 



Calopogon: name derived from Greek for beautiful, and 



beard in allusion to the hairs on the beautiful lip. 

 Pulchellus: Latin diminutive for beautiful. 



THE PREFERRED HABITAT: fresh water marshes. 



THE PLANT erect; the flower stem ten inches to fourteen 

 inches high, coloured toward the base, hairless, slender. 



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