62 WHITE AND GREENISH 



1. RAGGED FRINGED ORCHIS: Fringed 

 Green Orchis. Habenaria lacera. 



Orchis Family. July — Aug. 



Found in swamps and wet woods from 

 Newfoundland to Minnesota, south to Mis- 

 souri and Alabama. 

 Flowers — Greenish or dingy white, with lower 

 lip cut to thread-like fineness; borne in 

 spike terminating stem, 10-20 inches 

 high. 

 Leaves — Long and narrow, or oblong. 



2. RATTLESNAKE PLANTAIN: Downy Rat- 

 tlesnake Plantain. Epipdctis pubescens. 



Orchis Family. July — Aug. 



Found in dry woods. New England to Flor- 

 ida, west to the Mississippi. 



Flowers — Small, white, numerous on downy stalk 

 6—18 inches high. 



Leave s — Mottled with light and dark green. 



