WILD FLOWERS OF NEW YORK 



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Loddiges's Rattlesnake Plantain 



Peramiiun tessclatum (Loddiges) 

 Heller 



Plate 41b 



Leaves oblong-ovate or ovate- 

 lanceolate, I to 2 inches long, one- 

 third to one-fourth of an inch wide, 

 bright green, abruptly narrowed into 

 the petioles which sheathe the base of 

 the stem, more or less marked on the 

 upper surface with white; stem 6 to 14 

 inches high, glandular-pubescent and 

 scaly, bearing at the summit a loosely 

 spiral spike of flowers i to 5 inches 

 long; flowers whitish, lateral sepals 

 free, the upper ones united with the 

 petals to form a hood (galea), 2 to 3 

 lines long, broad and recurved at the 

 tip; lip roundish-ovate, slightly saccate 

 at the base, the long tip somewhat 

 recurved. 



In coniferous woods, more rarely 

 in open places, Newfoundland to On- 

 tario, Pennsylvania and Michigan. 

 Flowering from July to September. 



White Adder's-mouth 



Malaxis monophylla (Linnaeus) Swartz 



Figure XIII 



Stem very slender, 4 to 8 inches „.. -^ aji - ^1 



White Adder s-mouth 



high, smooth, bearmg below the middle /at 1 ■ u n /t- \ 



''^ ' ^ nivi-^i-^ (Malaxis monophylla (Linnaeus) 



a single leaf which sheathes the stem, (Swartz) 



