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A GUIDE TO THE WILD FLOWERS 



stalk, 1-2 in. long. Flower-cluster not i -sided, the flowers 

 about y^. in. long, greenish-white. July. Woods. Me. to Fla. 

 and westward, the commonest species eastward. Fig. 155. 



156. SMALL ORCHIS. ORCHIS. 



A damp- woodland orchid with a single basal leaf. Flowers 

 in a short terminal flower-cluster, rose-purple and white. Lip 

 3-lobed, but not fringed, short-spurred. Fruit an oblong, erect 

 pod. 



Small Orchis. Orchis rotundifoUa. Not over 10 in. high, 

 the single basal leaf oval or nearly round, 1/^-3 in. long, 

 nearly as wide. Spike with 2-6 flowers. Outer segments 

 of the flower rose-color, the lip white and spotted with purple, 

 about ^ in. long. June-July. Greenland to the mountains of 

 Me. and N. Y. westward to Wise, and the Rocky Mts. Fig. 

 156. 



157. SHOWY ORCHIS. GALEORCHIS. 



An orchid of rich woodlands with 2 basal, rather clammy 

 leaves. Flowers showy, in a loose spike, with scale-like leafy 



