lo8 WHITE TO GREEN 



one side of the stem, which is much bractecl and hairy. The 

 name " Rattlesnake " apphes to the resemblance between the 

 curiously veined leaves and the body of a snake. This plant 

 frequently grows in decaying wood. 



LONG-BRACTED ORCHIS 



Habcnaria bractcahi. Orchid Family 



Stems: stout. Leaves: lanceolate, obtuse, the upper ones much smaller, 

 the bracts two or three times longer than the ovaries. Flowers : green, the 

 spike loosely flowered ; petals very narrow ; sepals ovate-lanceolate, dilated 

 at the base ; lip oblong-spatulate, three-toothed at the apex, and more 

 than twice as long as the sac-like spur. 



This is one of the conspicuous green orchids which grow in 

 great profusion in the mountain regions. It has a stout juicy 

 stem, broad leaves, and many long pointed bracts on its flower- 

 spike. Usually found in wet places, this Orchis may always be 

 distinguished by the long bracts, from which it derives its name. 



SMALL ORCHIS 



Habcnaria obtiisata. Orchid Family 



Stems: slender, naked, four-angled. Leaves: leaf solitary, basal, obovate. 

 Flowers: spike long, loo.sely flowered, green; petals short, dilated, con- 

 nate with the base of the column ; sepals upper one erect, green \vith 

 white margins; lip entire, lanceolate, deflexed : spur as long as the lip, 

 blunt; anther-sacs widely divergent; glands small and thick. 



A delicate green and white Orchis that may always be 

 known by its single basal leaf. It is very like a white and 

 green Lily-of-the-Valley, and its flowers grow widely separated 

 on the slender stalks. 



LEAFY ORCHIS 



I !abi-)taria liypcrborca. Orchid Family 



Stems: stout. Leaves: lanceolate, acute. Flowers: small, green ; s])ike 

 narrow, ])etals and .sepals ovate, obtuse, upper .sepal crcnulate at the 

 apex ; lip lanceolate, entire, obtuse ; spur equalling the lip, glands .small. 



