122 BOTANY OF LA SALLE COUNTY. 



Or chis spectabilis. Leaves 2 ovate on the ground; 



fls. in a spike, P.; 3 to 7 in. Woods Ra. 

 Jh. Habenaria bractea ta. Fls. 10 to 30 G.; spur W. 

 H. leucoph aea. Lip of fl. fringed, W. Wet places. 

 H. psyco des. Lip fringed, P. 

 H. fimbria ta. Fls. fewer and longer than in 



last. 

 CYPRIPEDIUM. Ladies' Slipper, Mocassin Flower. 



Upright, downy; fls. large, lip pouch-like. 

 C. can didum. Flowers small, W., Ra. 

 C. parviflo rum. Low; fls. Y. 

 C, pubes cens. Fls. larger, Y. 

 C. spectabile. Fls. large, W., blotched with P. 

 Order 113. IRIDA CEAE. Irises. Fleur de lis. 

 Iris versic olor. Blue Flag. Common. 

 Belamcan da. Chinen sis. Blackberry Lily. 

 Sisiyin chium. Blue-eyed Grass. 

 S. angustifo Hum. Stems flat, 4 to 12 in. B. or W. 

 S. an ceps. Taller and usually branching. Both 



in meadows. 



Order 114. AMARYLLIDA CEAE. Amaryllids. 

 Hypoxis erec ta. Leaves grass-like; Y. 

 Order 115. DIOSCOREA CEAE. Yams. 

 Dioscorea villosa. Wild Yam Root. 

 Order 116. LILIA CEAE. Lilies. 



Flowers regular, symmetrical and with 6 



stamens. 

 SMI LAX. Green-brier. Usually climbing; fls. Y. 



G., in umbels. 



S. herba ceae. Carrion-flower. Tall, 3 to 15 ft. 

 S. ecirrhata. Erect, Y?, to 3 ft. 

 S. his pida. Stems prickly. 



Allium. Onion, Garlic. Strong-scented planls. 

 A. tricoc um. Wild Leek. Leaves withering be- 

 fore the flowers appear; fls. G. W., in a close 



