ORCHID FAMILY. Orchidacew. 



Bethlehem and Campton, N. H., in the region of the 

 White Mountains. 



_ A small but showy species with rather 



biade large shiny leaves. 2-4 inches long, light 



Liparis UUi- green. The flowers showy, brownish or 

 f° lia madder purple, with reflexed sepals and 



J 1 u a n d e d JuI PUrP,e ^ etals ' the latter exceedin S 1 y narrow, the 

 lip ^ inch long and broad. Flowers nu- 

 merous, the cluster sometimes 5 inches tall. The Greek 

 name in allusion to the shining leaves. 4-9 inches high. 

 Me. , south to Ga. , west to Mo. 



_..„.: A small species commonly found in ever- 



Early Coral / ... J . . 



Root green woods, with a ruddy, irregular root 



Corallorhiza resembling coral, and a straight yellowish 

 innata brown leafless but scaly stem bearing small, 



Dull madder uninteresting madder purple flowers, with 

 Mav-June ^iny se P a ^ s and petals and a whitish lip ; 



the seed capsule nearly £ inch long. The 

 name, Greek, meaning coral and root. Common in 

 swamps and damp woods, from Me., south to N. J. in 

 the mountains to Ga. , and west to Neb. Found in Shel- 

 burne and Dublin, N. H. 



A slender but generally taller species 

 Small-flowered wkh u d u purple . brown flowers, 



Coral Root . J * ' A , ,. , . . , 



Corallorhiza drooping on a stiff stem ; the lip whitish, 



odontorhiza spotted, and the sepals and petals marked 

 Dull madder with purple lines. The flower-stem pur- 

 purple pligh Drown# 6_!2 inches high, leafless, 

 September Du * w ith one or two sheathing scales. In 



evergreen woods, especially under arbor- 

 vitse. Common from Mass. to Mich., south to Fla., and 

 southwest to Mo. 



A taller, large-flowered species, the stem 

 Ro ^ e of which has several close scales. Many 



Corallorhiza slightly fragrant flowers, with the white 

 multiflora lip spotted and lined with purple-browm. 



Madder purple Common in spruce woods. 10-18 inches 

 September high. Me., south to Fla., and west to 



Neb. and Cal. Found at Mt. Agassiz, 

 Bethlehem, and Sandwich, N. H., and the White Mt. 

 Notch. 



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