ORCHIS FAMILY 163 
C. pulchellus, (Sw.) R. Br. (Fig. 6, pl. 20.) Grass Pink. Cato- 
PoGON. (Limodorum tuberosum, (?)). Flower seape 12 to 20 in. high, 
leaf 8 to 12 in. long, } to # in. wide. Flowers exquisite pink-purple, 1 in. 
broad, a small bract below each flower. Petals and sepals nearly alike, lip 
broad at apex, 2-lobed. The column (combined anther and stigma) is 
about as long as the lip. Face of the lip light with yellow or rose-colored 
hairs. In mossy bogs throughout our area, June-July. 
16. APLECTRUM, Nutt. 
Herb arising from a solid bulb-like corm, which is filled with a glutinous 
substance. In the autumn it sends up a Jarge oval leaf and in the fol- 
lowing spring or summer a scape which bears a number of dingy dull 
yellowish-brown flowers, sprinkled with purple, each about an inch broad. 
A. spicatum, BSP. (Fig. 5, pl. 17.) ApAmM Anp Eve. Putty Root. 
(A. hyemale, (Muhl.) Torr.). Stem 12 in. or more high. Flowers in a 
loose spike. Petals longer than the lip which is somewhat 3-lobed. Rich 
mould in woods. May-June. 
