LADIES' TRESSES 



Ibidium cemuwn, Linne 



I have collected plants that I referred to this species, 

 but some of the authorities informed me that it did not grow 

 so far north, so I am glad to record that my friend, Prank 

 C. Merritt, has collected the same at Houlton, Maine, be- 

 tween the years 1894 and 1910. 



Ibidium Romanzoffianum, Cham. 



A very widely distributed plant, flowering from the last 

 week in June until killed by frost in the last part of Septem- 

 ber. Its sweet-scented, white flower is admired by all. Most 

 common in bogs and low grass-land. 



Ibidium gracilis, Bigelow 



Is found near Dover, Maine, and collected by F. C. Mer- 

 ritt in the summer of 1916. 



TWAYBLADE 



Ophrys cordata Linne 



The habitat of this plant is in the low, flat ground in the 

 cedar swamps where it is often quite abundant. It blooms 

 in the first part of June in Westmanland, Perham and Wood- 

 land. 



Ophrys auriculata Wiegand 



This plant is very rare and I have only seen it once 

 some years ago on the west branch of Caribou stream in 

 Woodland. 



Ophrys convallarioides, Sw. 

 Is well distributed and very abundant some years in wet 

 places in woods and near streams, New Sweden, Woodland 

 and Perham, and flowers from the 20th of June to August. 



RATTLESNAKE PLANTAIN 

 Peramium pubescens, Willdenow 



This, the large rattlesnake plantain, is not native to the 

 north of Maine, but I have it growing in my woods on my 

 farm in Woodland where it seems to thrive. The plant was 

 sent to me by Miss Inez Addie Howe of St. Johnsbury, Vt. 



Peramium repens Linne var. ophioides, Fernald 



This small plant is found in wet, mossy places in the 

 spruce woods. The leaves are dark, velvety green with light 

 fine markings, and very beautiful. In bloom July, August 

 and September. New Sweden, Woodland and Perham. 



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