282 Bo^-Trottin^ for OrcHids 



XIV 



I^imodorum 



Linnaeus, 1753 



{Calopogon R. Brown, 1813) 



Grass-Pink— Mkadow-Gift 



The generic name, Limodorum, comes from the Greek, sig- 

 nifying a meadow-gift. 



Scapose orchids with solid bulbous roots. Anther i. La- 

 bellum, hinged, arching above, and spreading ; raised on a nar- 

 row stalk, dilated at the apex, bearded on the upper side 

 with long club-shaped hairs. Sepals and petals nearly alike, 

 separate and spreading. Flowers fragrant, pink-purple, 3-15 in 

 a loose terminal raceme, seed-capsule (ovary) straight. Anther 

 terminal, operculate, and sessile. Pollinia 2, i in each anther- 

 sac, loosely granular. Stem or scape straight, not twisting as 

 usual in other orchids, i-i>^ foot high. Leaf i, grass-like 

 blade, appearing first season, and followed next year by scape 

 of flowers. Seed-capsule erect, oblong, and straight. 



Continental Range — From Newfoundland, Canada, south- 

 ward to Florida ; westward to Minnesota and Arkansas. There 

 are 4 species of this beautiful genus endemic only to the At- 

 lantic region. 



A peculiar character of this genus lies in the ovary and stem 

 being straight, causing thereby the labellum to arch above in- 

 stead of drooping below the organs of fertilization, as instanced 

 in Orchis and Cypripediuni. Seedlings appear numerous in 

 many swamps. 



North American species north of Mexico 4 



New England species i 



Hoosac Valley species i 



New England species : 



I. Z. tuberosum Linnaeus, 1753. 



{Calopogon pulchellus R. Brown, 1813) 



I.— LIMODORUM TUBEROSUM Linnaeus, 1753 



{Calopogon pulchellus R. Brown, 1813) 



Grass-Pink— Meadow-Gift 



The specific name, tuberosum, refers to the tuberous or bul- 

 bous roots of this orchid. 



Beautiful grassy sphagnous meadow orchid, with bulbous 

 roots. May I5th-June ist-July 2oth-August ist. 



