234 PINK TO MAGENTA 



1. LARGE, or EARLY, PURPLE FRINGED 

 ORCHIS: Habenaria fimbriata. 



Orchis Family. June — Aug. 



Found in wet woods, swamps. Newfoundland 

 to North Carolina, west to Michigan. 

 Flowers — Magenta-pink, varying to almost white, 

 lower lip 3-parted, deeply fringed, in 

 spike terminating stem 1—5 feet high. 

 Leaves — Lance-shaped above, somewhat oval be- 

 low. 



SMALLER PURPLE FRINGED ORCHIS: 



H. psycbdes. 

 Bears smaller blossoms, less deeply fringed. 

 A plant 1-3 feet high, found in similar situa- 

 tions west to Indiana and Minnesota. 



2. PRINCE'S PINE; PIPSISSEWA: 



Chimdphila umbellata. 

 Heath Family. June — Aug. 



Found in dry woods. Nova Scotia to Geor- 

 gia, west to Pacific. 

 Flowers — Flesh color or pinkish, waxy, 5-parted, 

 in small groups terminating stem 3-10 

 inches high. 

 Leaves — Dark, shining green, evergreen, sharply 

 toothed, opposite or in whorls. 



SPOTTED WINTERGREEN: Pipsissewa. 



C. maculata. 

 Leaves white veined, tapering toward the tip. 

 Found in similar situations west to Minne- 

 sota and Mississippi. 



