392 FLOWERS OF FIELD, HILL, AND SWAMP 



dull purple. Petals, greenish yellow. Lip, 3-divided. Ti7ne, 

 May, June. 



One of the curious orchids resembling an insect; a happy find 

 to the fortunate explorer of moist woods from Ontario to Florida. 



82. Smaller Whorled Pogonia 



P. affinis is so rare an orchid that it is not yet perfectly 

 known. It is 5 to 10 inches high, with a whorl of 5 leaves at 

 the summit of the scape, from which i or 2 flowers arise on 

 thick peduncles, shorter than the ovary and capsule. Sepals 

 and petals about equal. Color, greenish yellow. 



Connecticut to New Jersey. 



^ 83. Showy Orchis 



Orchis spectabilis. — Family, Orchid. Color, pink or light 

 purple and white. Leaves, 2, large, the largest 4 inches wide, 

 8 inches long, oblong or ovate, fleshy, shiny above, clammy, 

 with smooth, wavy margins, arising from near the base of the 

 stem. Time, April to June. 



A low orchid, from fibrous roots, bearing a single flower- 

 scape, with 3 or 4 rather large flowers, i inch long, at the 

 summit. The lip is white, prolonged backward into a blunt 

 spur, not notched or divided.' The other petals and sepals 

 lightly unite, forming a queer, pointed little hood or galea, 

 whicli is dark, rich crimson, with a tinge of purple, in color. 

 Capsules i*inch long. Height of plant, 6 or 7 inches. 



Not common. Range, from New England to Georgia, in the 

 mountains of Virginia, westward to Nebraska. In parts of Penn- 

 sylvania this orchis bears the name " preacher-in-the-pulpit." 



84. Small Round-leaved Orchis 



O. rotiindifolia has i long roundish or oval leaf near the 

 base of 'the stem, with i or 2 sheathing scales below it. Flow- 



