48 A GUIDE TO THE WILD FLOWERS 



In rich woods, Nova Scotia to Fla. and westward. Fig. 136. 

 For several other and nearly similar species the manuals 

 should be consulted. 



137. CANE-FLY ORCHIS. TIPULARIA. 



Bulbous orchids of deep woods, the flower cluster opening 

 long before the solitary leaf appears, which often happens 

 after the flower stalks have withered. Flowers green, long 

 spurred, in a loose terminal cluster, the stalk often with sev- 

 eral sheathing scales towards the base. Our only species is 

 Cane-fly Orchis. Tipularia unifolia. (T. discolor.) Leaf 

 solitary, appearing in autumn, 2-3 in. long, half -evergreen. 

 Flower-cluster 5-8 in. long, loose and lax. Spur often 

 twice as long as the rest of the flower. Pod about j^ in. 

 long 6-ribbed. Summer. Rare in deep woods, Mass. to Fla. 

 and westward. Fig. 137. 



138. PUTTY-ROOT. APLECTRUM. 



Bulbous orchids of woods, or more rarely swamps, with 

 the stalk of the flower-cluster having several sheathing scales. 

 Flowers in terminal clusters, not present with the leaves, 

 yellowish-brown or purplish, not spurred. Fruit an angled 

 pod. The only known species is 



Putty-root or Adam-and-Eve. Aplectrum hyemale. Stalk 

 of the flower-cluster 1-2 ft., with about 3 scales. Leaves 

 developing after flowering time, oval, 2-3 in, long, often 

 partly evergreen. Flower-cluster 2-4 in. long. Flower about 

 I in. long, the pod about as long. May-June. Ontario to 

 Ga. and westward. Fig. 138. 



139. ARETHUSA. 



Showy bog or swamp orchids with a bulbous root and soli- 

 tary rose-purple flowers. Leaf solitary, small, and appearing 



