ORCHID FAMILY. Orchidacese. 



Bethlehem and Campion, N. H., in the region of the 

 White Mountains. 



Lar e T a ^" sma ^ kut snowv species with rather 



b l ade large shiny leaves 2-4 inches long, light 



Liparis lilii- green. The flowers showy, brownish or 

 f lia madder purple, with reflexed sepals and 



Madder purple petals tne latter exceedingly narrow, the 

 June-July 



lip J inch long and broad. Flowers nu- 

 merous, the cluster sometimes 5 inches tall. The Greek 

 name in allusion to the shining leaves. 4-9 inches high. 

 Me. , south to Ga. , west to Mo. 



A small species commonly found in ever- 

 Early Coral / 

 0ot green woods, with a ruddy, irregular root 



Corallorhiza resembling coral, and a straight yellowish 

 trifi da bro wn leafless but scaly stem bearing small, 



Dull madder uninteresting madder purple flowers, with 

 May-June ^ n ^ se P a l g an( ^ petals and a whitish lip ; 



the seed capsule nearly J inch long. The 

 name, Greek, meaning coral and root. Common in 

 swamps and damp woods, from Me., south to N. J. in 

 the mountains to Ga. , and west to Neb. Found in Shel- 

 burne and Dublin, N. H. 



A slender but generally taller species 

 with very sma11 ' dul1 purple-brown flowers, 

 Corallorhiza drooping on a stiff stem ; the lip whitish, 

 odontorhiza spotted, and the sepals and petals marked 

 Dull madder with purple lines. The flower-stem pur- 

 plish brown. 6-12 inches high, leafless, 

 September but w ith one or two sheathing scales. In 

 evergreen woods, especially under arbor- 

 vitae. Common from Mass, to Mich., south to Fla., and 

 southwest to Mo. 



A taller, large-flowered species, the stem 

 n oot of which has several close scales. Many 



Corallorhiza slightly fragrant flowers, with the white 

 maculata Hp spotted and lined with purple-brown. 



Madder purple Common in spruce woods. 10-18 inches 

 September high. Me., south to Fla., and west to 

 Neb. and Cal. Found at Mt. Agassiz, 

 Bethlehem, and Sandwich, N. H., and the White Mt. 

 Notch. 



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