WHITE OR WHITISH FLOWERS 69 



21. Leaves from root only, land plant, flowers in spike. 



RATTLESNAKE PLANTAIN (Goodyera pubescens). Orchis 



family. 



Av. ht. i ft.; flowers small, whitish; leaves with 

 prominent veining, egg-shaped. Rich woods. 

 Summer. 



LADIES' TRESSES (Spiranthes gracilis). Orchis family. 

 Low plant; slender, many flowered, scape bearing 

 bracts ; flowers small in twisted spike ; leaves narrow. 

 Woods and sandy places. Summer, autumn. 



22. Leaves from root only, land plant, flowers in raceme, 

 plant over 1 ft. 



GREAT GREEN ORCHIS (Habenaria orbiculata). Orchis 



family. 



Ht. i ft. or over; flowers whitish in open raceme 

 with very long spur; leaves (2) large, round, 

 lying fiat on ground. Woods. Summer. 



Fig. 33. 



Colic- root (Aletris farinosa). 



COLIC-ROOT (Aletris farinosa). Bloodwort family. 



Max. ht. 3 ft.; flowers small, scurfy, tubular, in 

 long, slender spike-like raceme, at end of slender 

 stem; leaves pointed. Woods. July, Aug. 



