26o Bog-Trotting for OrcKids 



I.— POGONIA OPHIOGIvOSSOIDES (Ivinnaeus) Ker, 1753- 



1816 



Rose Pogonia— Snake-Mouth 



The specific name, ophioglossoides^ refers to the flower re- 

 sembling a snake's mouth. 



Small sphagnous swamp-land orchid, with fibrous creeping 

 roots. April-May (Florida), June 2ist-July 20th (New Eng- 

 land). 



Flowers i, sometimes 2, terminal, nodding, rather large for 

 plants; rose and purplish-yellow; fragrant, subtended by a foli- 

 aceous bract. LabeUum free, somewhat appressed to the col- 

 umn below, fringed and spurless. Sepals and petals about 

 equal, similar. Stem 8-15 inches high. Leaves 1-3, rarely i 

 basal leaf; the stem-leaf is ^-3 inches long, bluntly acute; 

 foliaceous bract subtending seed-capsule. 



Continental Range— Vroxn. Newfoundland, southward to the 

 pine barrens of Alabama and Florida ; westward to Minnesota 

 and Kansas. 



New England Range — Maine, common ; New Hampshire, 

 common; Vermont, common; Massachusetts, common; Rhode 

 Island, common ; Connecticut, common. 



2.— POGONIA TRIANTHOPHORA(Swartz)B.S. P., 1800-18881 



Nodding Pogonia 



The specific name, trianthophora, refers to the 3-lobed label- 

 lum and the usually 3 nodding flowers of this species. 



Small woodland orchid, with tuberous roots. July-August 

 iith-September 24th. 



Flowers 1-7 on axillary peduncles, pale purple, at first nearly 

 erect, soon drooping, >^-^ inch long. LabeUum 3-lobed, 

 clawed, roughened, without a spur. Sepals and petals equal, 

 connivent. Stem 3-8 inches high. Leaves, 2-8, alternate, 

 ovate, clasping stem. Seed-capsule oval, drooping. 



Continental Range— From Canada, southward to North Caro- 

 lina, Alabama, and Kentucky; westward to Illinois, Missouri, 

 Iowa, and Indiana. 



New England Range — Maine, rare; New Hampshire, infre- 

 quent; Vermont, rare; Massachusetts, rare; Rhode Island, rare; 

 Connecticut, infrequent. 



^ Species doubtfully reported for the Hoosac Valley region, 

 although native of Vermont. 



