332 MISCELLANEOUS 



1. LARGE CORAL ROOT: 



Corallorrhlza maculata. 



Orchis Family. July Aug. 



Found in dry woods. Nova Scotia, westward 

 to British Columbia, south to Florida, Mis- 

 souri, and California. 



FLOWERS Light yellow, more or less purplish- 

 stained; lower lip white with purplish 

 spots and lines, 3-lobed; borne on 

 spike terminating stem 820 inches 

 high. 



LEAVES None. Plant stem madder-purple or 

 yellowish. 



2. RATTLESNAKE-ROOT: Wild Lettuce: Can- 

 ker-weed: Lion's Foot. Prendnthes altissima. 



Composite Family. July Sept. 



Plant 3-6 feet high, found in woodlands, 

 thickets. Newfoundland to Manitoba, south- 

 ward to Georgia and Tennessee. 

 FLOWER-HEADS Inner divisions inconspicuous, 

 whitish, pendulous in loose terminal 

 cluster, with small clusters from the 

 leaf angles. 



LEAVES Long-stemmed, variously shaped, 

 toothed, and cleft. 



