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SHOWY LADY'S SLIPPER: 



Cypripedium hirsutum. 

 Orchis Family. June — July. 



Found in wet, mossy woods, swamps. 

 Newfoundland to Georgia, west to Mississippi. 

 Flowers — Pouch white, more or less stained with 

 crimson-magenta, similar in shape to 

 the Stemless Lady's Slipper, but differs 

 in the pouch being open but not di- 

 vided; other divisions t)f the flower 

 white, wide, not longer than the pouch. 

 Leaves — Broad, pointed, many ribbed. Plant 

 stem leafy 1-2 feet high. 



LIZARD'S TAIL: Sauriirus cernuus. 



Pepper Family. June — Aug. 



A plant 2-5 feet high. Found in swamps, 

 shallow water. Rhode Island to Gulf of Mex- 

 ico, west to Minnesota and Texas. 

 Flowers — White, fragrant, very small, crowded 



on slender spikes, nodding at the tip. 

 Leaves — Heart-shaped, converging ribs, dark 

 green, on stout stems. 

 Plant-stem jointed, sparingly branched, 

 leafy. 



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