Knk WILD FLOWERS 



and North Dakota; and south to Georgia, Kentucky 

 and Nebraska. It is not common. 



ROSE POGONIA. SNAKE-MOUTH 



Pogonia ophioglossoides. Orchid Family. 



This, one of the prettiest of our more delicate little 

 Orchids, is often found in company with the beautiful, 

 deeper-hued Calopogon or Grass-pink, which blossoms 

 at the same time in bogs, wet meadows, and swamps. 

 The smooth, slender, grass-like stalk, springing from 

 a fibrous root, grows from eight to fifteen inches high, 

 and bears from one to three lance-shaped leaves. 

 Usually there are but two erect leaves, one about half- 

 way up the stalk, and a much smaller and strongly 

 ribbed one at the top close to the blossom. Some- 

 times a solitary, long-stemmed leaf rises directly from 

 the root. The fragrant, pale, rose-pink flowers are 

 rather large and slightly nodding. They are borne 

 solitary, or occasionally in pairs, at the top of the stalk. 

 The spreading, oval sepals and narrower petals are 

 about equal in length and are separated. The droop- 

 ing, spurless, spoon-shaped lip is deeply fringed and 

 crested and is streaked with yellow and purple. Mr. 

 Gibson noted that this Orchid had an odour of red 

 raspberries. It is also one of the few Orchids having 

 free dusty pollen. Pogonia is from the Greek, meaning 

 a beard, and refers to the beautifully tufted, hairy 

 crest in the middle of the fancy lip. There are 

 thirty species of Pogonia widely distributed over the 

 world, and only five of this number are found in 



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