104 WHITE AND GREENISH 



WHITE FRINGED ORCHIS: 



Habenaria blephariglottis. 



Orchis Family. July Aug. 



Found in bogs, swamps. Eastern Canada to 

 Michigan, south to Mississippi. 

 FLOWERS Similar in habit to the Yellow Fringed 

 Orchis, white, fragrant, lip fringed, in 

 spike terminating stem 12 feet high. 

 LEAVES Lance-snaped, parallel veined, clasp- 

 ing stem. 



PRAIRIE WHITE FRINGED ORCHIS: 



H. leucophaea. 



Is similar to the preceding, differing chiefly 

 in having larger white or greenish flowers, lip 

 divided into wedge-shaped segments, deeply 

 fringed. It is more common west, being 

 found in moist, open ground from Western 

 New York to Minnesota and Arkansas. 



WINTERGREEN; CHECKERBERRY: Par- 

 tridge-berry: Deer, Box, or Spice-berry: Moun- 

 tain or Ground Tea. Gaultheria procumbens. 

 Heath Family. July Aug. 



Found in woodlands. Newfoundland to 

 Northern Georgia, west to Minnesota, Mich- 

 gan and Manitoba and far north. 

 FLOWERS White, small, somewhat bell-shaped, 

 nodding, from the leaf angles. Ber- 

 ries red, edible. 



LEAVES Dark green, evergreen, slightly toothed, 

 aromatic, clustered at the top of stem, 

 2-5 inches high. 



