270 Bog-Trotting for OrcKids 



Continental Range — From Alaska, soutliward to Florida ; 

 westward to Minnesota and California. There are 25 or more 

 species of this genus ranging in the temperate and tropical 

 regions of the world. 



North American species north of Mexico 5 



New England species 4 



Hoosac Valley species 3-4 



New England species : 



1. P. repens (Linnaeus) Salisbury, 1753-1812. 



2. P. pubescens (Willdenow) MacMillan, 1805-1892. 



3. P. Menziesii (Lindley) Morong, 1840-1894. 



4. P. ophioides (Fernald) Rydberg, 1899-1901. 



I.— PERAMIUM REPENS (Linnaeus) Salisbury, 1753-1812 



Smai.1. One-Sided Goodyera— Net-Leaf Ratti^esnake 

 P1.ANTAIN 



The specific name, repens^ refers to the creeping roots of this 

 species. 



Small conifer, woodland orchid, with fleshy-fibrous roots. 

 July I9th-August 5th-3oth. 



Flowers white, on i-sided spike, Ye-^i inch long. Labellum 

 saccate, recurved, narrowed at apex ; column short. Stem 5- 

 10 inches high. Leaves ovate, basal in a rosette, pointed, yel- 

 lowish-green, %-i% inch long, Yi-Yt, inch wide, blotched with 

 white or lighter yellowish-green ; several bracts above. This 

 species intergrades with other New England species of Pera- 

 ^nium, so as to make their designation difficult in many 

 stations. 



Continental Range — From Nova Scotia, possibly Alaska (?), 

 southward to Florida ; westward to Minnesota, South Dakota, 

 and Colorado. Ascends 5000 feet altitude in Virginia. 



New England Range — Maine, common ; New Hampshire, 

 common ; Vermont, common ; Massachusetts, infrequent ; 

 Rhode Island, very rare ; Connecticut, rare. 



2.— PERAMIUM PUBESCENS (Willdenow) MacMillan, 

 1805-1892 



Downy Ratti.esnake Pi^antain— Canker-RooT 



The specific name, pubescens, refers to the hirsute or downy 

 leaves and scape of this species. 



Small conifer woodland orchid, with fleshy-fibrous roots. 

 June 15 Virginia (Curtiss) ; May 8th Wisconsin ; July 4th-Sep- 

 tember, New England. 



