MAGENTA TO PINK FLOWERS 



Sessile-leaved Twisted-stalk 



{Streptoptis roseiis) Lily-of-the-Valley family 



Flowers — Dull, purplish pink, 3^ in. longer less, solitary, on thread- 

 like, curved footstalks longer than the small flower itself, 

 nodding from leaf-axils. Perianth bill-shaped, of 6 spreading 

 segments; stamens 6, 2-horned ; style spreading into } 

 branches, stigmatic on inner side. Stem : i to 2>4 ft. high, sim- 

 ple or forked. Leaves : Thin, alternate, green on both sides, 

 many nerved, tapering at end, rounded at base, where they 

 are seated on stem. Fruit : A round, red, many-seeded berry. 



Preferred Habitat — Moist woods. 



Flowering Season — May — ^July. 



Distribution — North America east and west, southward to Georgia 

 and Oregon. 



As we look down on this graceful plant, no blossoms are visi- 

 ble ; but if we bend the zig-zagged stem backward, we shall dis- 

 cover the little rosy bells swaying from the base of the leaves on 

 curved footstalks {streptos = twisted, pons = a foot or stalk) very 

 much as the plant's relatives the Solomon's seals grow. In the 

 confident expectation of having its seeds dropped f^ir and wide, it 

 bears showy red berries in August for the birds now wandering 

 through the woods with increased, hungry families. 



The Clasping-leaved Twisted-stalk (S. amplexifoliits), which 

 has one or two greenish-white bells nodding from its axils, may 

 be distinguished when not in flower by its leaves, which are 

 hoary— not green — on the under side, or by its oval berry. In- 

 deed most plants living in wet soil have a coating of down on the 

 under sides of their leaves to prevent the pores from clogging 

 with rising vapors. 



Moccasin Flower; Pink, Venus', or Stemless 

 Lady's Slipper 



{Cypripedium acaule) Orchid family 



Floivers — Fragrant, solitary, large, showy, drooping from end of 

 scape, 6 to 12 in. high!^ Sepals lance-shaped, spreading, green- 



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