WILD FLOWERS RED 



bases. Each part broadens decidedly toward the end, 

 and finally tapers to a blunt tip. Within, on the upper 

 parts of the divisions, the colouring becomes more 

 intense, and, at some distance from the tips is spotted 

 with dark purple and tinged with yellow. The 

 six long pink stamens and pistil have brown tips, 

 and add greatly to the attractiveness of the blossom. 

 This magnificent Lily is found from Maine to Ontario, 

 and south to North Carolina and west to Virginia. 



LARGE CORAL-ROOT 



Corallorrhiza maculata. Orchid Family. 



This late-blooming Coral-root is more pretentious 

 than the following species, and its brownish-purple 

 blossoms are fragrant and more Orchid-like. The 

 stouter flower stalk is stained with purple, and grows 

 from eight to twenty inches high, bearing several 

 tight-fitting scales in place of leaves. From ten to 

 thirty erect flowers are gathered in a terminal spike. 

 The petals are narrow and somewhat spotted, and, 

 together with the sepals, are slightly united at the 

 base. The deeply three-lobed oval lip is wavy-edged, 

 and its colour is white, spotted and lined with purple. 

 The middle lobe is broadest and the apex is curved. 

 The yellowish spur is rudimentary, and the plant 

 bears no leaves. The large, much branched root is 

 strikingly coral-like in shape. This parasite is 

 found blooming in woods from July to September, 

 and ranges from Florida, Missouri, and California 

 northward into the fur countries. Occasionally, pale 



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