6o A GUIDE TO THE WILD FLOWERS 



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in a loose spike. Lip deeply 3-divided, each of the narrow 

 divisions deeply fringed. June-July. Moist places, Newfound- 

 land to Ga. and westward. A related prairie species, Blcphari- 

 glottis leucophaea, is found from Nova Scotia to Ky. and 

 westward, but not along the coast in the Middle Atlantic 

 States. 



172. ADDER'S-MOUTH. MALAXIS. 



Slender woodland orchids with solid bulbs. Leaf solitary. 

 Flowers small, greenish- white, not showy, in a terminal 

 raceme. Lip heart-shaped or eared at the base, often minutely 

 toothed on the margin. Fruit an oval or nearly round pod. 

 Adder's- MOUTH. Malaxis uni folia. (Microstylis unifolia.) 

 Stem striped, mostly less than 10 in. high. Leaf solitary, 

 clasping the stem near the middle, oval or roundish 1-23/2 

 in. long. Flower-cluster 1-3 in. long, the flowers greenish, 

 about ys in. long. July. Newfoundland to Fla. and west- 

 ward. Fig. 172. A related species, Malaxis nwnophylla, diflfers 

 in having a basal leaf, and a more slender flower-cluster. It 

 is found from Quebec to Pa. and westward. 



173. TWAYBLADES. OPHRYS. (LISTERA.) 



Small slender orchids with fibrous or thickened roots but 

 no bulb. Leaves 2, opposite, about the middle of the stem. 



