CHAPTER V. 



MAY, JUNE. AND JULY. 

 Rattlesnake-Plantain to Indian Poke. 



Rattlesnake-Plantain. The rattle- 

 Goodyerapubescens. g^ake - plan- 

 tain is a most interest- 

 ing character. Its pe- 

 culiar wavy-edged, dark- 

 green leaves are covered 

 with a network of fine 

 white lines. The flow- 

 ers are small, white, and 

 waxy-looking, and the 

 leaves are circled below 

 in a rosette figure ; they 

 are evergreen. In win- 



Rattlesnake-Plantain. ^ . , ,. 



ter one may nnd the lit- 

 tle plant nestled in some out-of-the-way woodland 

 nook, where it would not so easily be discovered in 

 summer. It flowers in July. Another variety {G. 

 repens) is smaller, and flowers in a loose, one-sided 

 spike ; this is common in the White Mountains. 



