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1. ROUND-LEAVED SUNDEW: Dew-plant. 



Drosera rotundifolia. 



Sundew Family. July Aug. 



Found in bogs and sandy marshes. Labrador 



to the Gulf of Mexico and westward. From 



Alaska to California. 



FLOWERS Small, white, opening one at a time, 



on stalk 4-10 inches high. 



LEAVES Grow in a rosette, round, borne on 

 long stems, and covered with red hairs. 



LONG-LEAVED SUNDEW: D. longifolia. 



Leaves widest at the tip, tapering toward the 

 stems. Leaf stems without hairs. 



2. LADIES' TRESSES: 



Spirdnthes cernua. 

 Orchis Family. Aug. Oct. 



Found in low meadows and swamps. 



Newfoundland to Georgia, Minnesota and 



Nebraska. 

 FLOWERS Small, white or yellowish, arranged 



spirally on stem 612 inches high. 

 LEAVES Long and narrow, grass-like. 



SLENDER LADIES' TRESSES: 



S. grdcilis. 



Found in pastures and on dry hillsides. 

 Bears flowers on one side of the stem, or 

 spirally. Basal leaves wither before flowers 

 bloom. Roots tuberous. 



