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their bases sheathed with blunt scales. Flower solitary, the 

 sac white, purple-striped inside, scarcely an inch long. In 

 moist open places : N. Y. and Ky. westward, rare eastward. 

 June. 



146. GRASS-PINK. LIMODORUM. 



Bog or meadow orchid with a solid bulb. Leaf solitary, 

 followed the second year by the flowers. Flowers several in 

 a loose terminal cluster purplish-pink, not fringed. Fruit an 

 erect oblong pod. Our only species is the 

 Grass-pink or Calopogon. Limodorum tuberosum. (Calo- 

 pogon pulchellus.) Not over i^^ ft. Leaf linear or lanceo- 

 late 8-12 in. long, less than i in. wide. Flower cluster 

 4-12 in. long, with 3-15 flowers, the latter not quite i in. 

 long. Lip crested, not fringed, with orange or rose-colored 

 hairs. June. Newfoundland to Fla. and westward. Fig. 146. 



147. BOG ORCHIS. LYSIELLA. 



A high-mountain bog orchid with fibrous roots and a 

 single leaf. Flowers few, in a terminal spike, greenish-yellow, 

 the lip not fringed. Fruit an ovoid pod, but broader toward 

 the tip. 



Bog orchis. Lysiella obtiisata. (Habcnaria obtusata.) 

 Scarcely i ft. high, the stalk of the flower-cluster 4-sided. 

 Leaf basal, broadest toward the tip, 2-4^ in. long, 3^-1 

 in. wide. Spike about i^ in. long, the flowers scarcely 34 

 in. long, and spurred. August. New Brunswick to British 

 Columbia and in the mountains of Me. and N. Y. (Adiron- 

 dacks.) Fig. 147. 



148. LADIES'-TRESSES. IBIDIUM. (SPIRANTHES.) 



Erect slender orchids with fibrous or fleshy roots. Leaves 

 basal or on the lower part of the stem, or reduced to small 



