MISCELLANEOUS 



difficult to determine, the purplish or greenish involucre being 

 the plant's conspicuous feature. 



The generic name is from the Greek, and signifies drooping 



bl0SS07}l. 



RATTLESNAKE-ROOT. 



Prenanthes alba. 



Height. — Two to four feet. Leaves. — The lower cleft or toothed; the 

 uppermost oblong and undivided. Ficnuer- heads. — Nodding; composed of 

 white or greenish strap-shaped flowers surrounded by a purplish involucre. 



This plant is almost similar to the above. 



CORAL ROOT. 



Corallorhiza ititdtiflora. Orchis Family. 



Rootstock. — Much branched ; coral-like ; toothed. Stem. — Nine to eigh- 

 teen inches high, without green foliage. Flowers. — Rather small; dull 

 brownish-purple or yellowish, sometimes mottled with red ; growing in a 

 raceme. 



In the dry summer woods one frequently encounters the dull 

 racemes of this rather inconspicuous little plant. It is often 

 found in the immediate neighborhood of the Indian pipe and 

 pine sap. Being, like them, without green foliage, it might be 

 taken for an allied species by the casual observer. This is one 

 of those orchids which are popularly considered unworthy to 

 bear the name, giving rise to so much incredulity or disappoint- 

 ment in the unbotanical. 



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