\\1I.O FLOWERS OF NK\V YORK 



Loddiges's Rattlesnake Plantain 



Peramium UsseUitum (Loddiges) 

 Helk-r 



PUU 4lb 



Leaves oblong-ovate or ovate- 

 lanceolate, I to 2 inches long, one- 

 third to one-fourth of an inch wide, 

 bright green, abruptly narrowed into 

 the petioles which sheathe the base of 

 the stem, more or less marked on the 

 upper surface with white; stem 6 to 14 

 inches high, glandular-pubescent and 

 scaly, bearing at the summit a loosely 

 spiral spike of flowers I to 5 inches 

 long; flowers whitish, lateral sepals 

 free, the upper ones united with the 

 petals to form a hood (galea), 2 to 3 

 lines long, broad and recurved at the 

 tip; lip roundish-ovate, slightly saccate 

 at the base, the long tip somewhat 

 recurved. 



In coniferous woods, more ran ly 

 in open places, Newfoundland to On- 

 tario, Pennsylvania and Michigan. 

 Flowering from July to September. 



White Adder's-mouth 

 Malaxis monophylla (Linnaeus) Swartz 



Purr XIII 



_ Figure XIII 



Stem very slender, 4 to 8 incl. .... . . . . .. 



\\ lute Adder s-mouth 



high. smooth, bearing below the middle (Ma laxis monophylla (Linnaeus) 

 a single leaf which sheathes the stem, (Swartz) 



