YELLOW AND ORANGE WILD FLOWERS 



and Alabama, from May to July. The roots are used 

 as a nerve tonic, and the odour is rather heavy and 

 disagreeable. The hairs on this species yield an oil 

 that is poisonous. 



TUBERCLED ORCHIS. SMALL PALE GREEN 

 ORCHIS 



Habenaria flava. Orchid Family. 



This common, tiny-flowered and leafy-stemmed 

 Orchid is usually found growing in the same bog 

 with the Ragged Orchis and blooming during June and 

 July. The rather stout stalk grows one or two feet 

 high, and bears several large, alternating, elliptic, or 

 lance-shaped leaves. The greenish yellow flowers are 

 inconspicuous and numerous, and form a slender, 

 clustered terminal spike that bristles with many sharp 

 green bracts. The petals and sepals are somewhat 

 similar in shape. The former are greenish, and the 

 latter greenish yellow in colour. The fringeless, 

 spurred lip is a trifle longer than the other petals. 

 It is broad, with rounded edges, and has a slight notch 

 at the apex, while at the middle of its base appears 

 a single tubercle, or palate. This unattractive Orchid 

 is found in swamps and wet places, from Florida, 

 Louisiana and Missouri, to Minnesota and Ontario, 



YELLOW FRINGED ORCHIS 



Habenaria ciliaris. Orchid Family. 



One of the tallest, stoutest, and most frequently 

 found of our most attractive Orchids, blooming dur- 

 ing July and August, in wet meadows and along the 



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