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1. ROUND-LEAVED SUNDEW: Dew-plant. 



Drosera rotundifolia. 



Sundew Family. July — Aug. 



Found in bogs and sandy marshes. Labrador 



to the Gulf of Mexico and westward. From 



Alaska to California. 



Flowers — Small, white, opening one at a time, 



on stalk 4-10 inches high. 

 Leaves — Grow in a rosette, round, borne on 

 long stems, and covered with red hairs. 



LONG-LEAVED SUNDEW: D. longifdlia. 



Leaves widest at the tip, tapering toward the 

 stems. Leaf stems without hairs. 



2. LADIES' TRESSES: 



Spirdnthes cernua. 

 Orchis Family. Aug. — Oct. 



Found in low meadows and swamps. 



Newfoundland to Georgia, Minnesota and 



Nebraska. 

 Flowers — Small, white or yellowish, arranged 



spirally on stem 6-12 inches high. 

 Leaves — Long and narrow, grass-like. 



SLENDER LADIES' TRESSES: 



S. gracilis. 

 Found in pastures and on dry hillsides. 

 Bears flowers on one side of the stem, or 

 spirally. Basal leaves wither before flowers 

 bloom. Roots tuberous. 



