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sides of the railroad some little distance north of the birch swamp, 

 and near the winter-berry swamp by Walley's. Here in the height 

 of its flowering season it grows so thickly as to turn the sward 

 white in places. It was equally abundant far to the north along 

 the railroad near Plymouth, and to a great distance southward, 

 the ground along the same railroad being white with it below 

 Logansport. It usually comes into blossom about the last of 

 August, and remains in blossom until about the end of September. 

 By about the 14th of October it is nearly out of flower, the tips 

 of the spikes still fresh and white but the lower parts brown. 



Although not so dainty as its near relative, /. gracile, this is an 

 attractive and charming plant, well-developed spikes with a marked 

 spiral being exceedingly pretty. It has a faint delightful fra- 

 grance, and the flowers under slight magnification exhibit a beauti- 

 ful crystalline appearance. 



226. FEN ORCHIS; LOESEL'S TWAYBLADE 



LIPARIS LOESELII (L.) L. C. Rich. 



Not common. A few plants grew in the vicinity of Norris 

 Inlet, and some in Hawk's marsh. 



227. PUTTY-ROOT; ADAM-AND-EVE 



APLECTRUM HYEMALE (.Muhl.) Torr. 



Not common. A few plants were found in rich mould in the 

 heavy forests east of the lake ; noted in flower June 5, 1901. One of 

 the homeliest in blossom of all the orchids, the dingy flowers with- 

 out the charm belonging to most members of the family. The me- 

 chanics of fertilization, however, as is usually the case in this 

 group, are interesting. The strongly plaited leaves which remain 

 all winter are handsome, and make up for the plant's ordinary 

 appearance at blossoming time. To come upon a" clump of these 

 plants in the barren winter is always a pleasant surprise, and 

 brings a sense of discovery. The name "Adam-and-Eve" is said to 

 be due to the fact that two plants are always supposed to be found 

 growing near each other. The mealy mucilaginous corm is one 

 of the queer things that boys pretend to like the flavor of. 



228. SMALL CORAL-ROOT 



CORALLORRHIZA gDONTORHIZA (Willd.) Nutt. 



Rather rare about the lake, in mould in rich dry woods. An in- 

 teresting and attractive plant belonging to that rather small group 

 of phanerogams, including Indian pipe, beech drops and cancer- 

 root, which are destitute of green color. 



