WHITE OR WHITISH FLOWERS 83 



43. Leaves (neither opposite nor from root only) simple, flowers in 



short spike. 



WHITE FRINGED ORCHIS (Habenaria blephariglottis) . 



Orchis family. 



Ht. i ft.; petals broad at end, usually toothed, 

 lip fnnged. Bogs and edge of ponds. Summer. 

 NORTHERN WHITE ORCHIS (Habenaria dilatata}. Orchis 



family. 



Ht. i ft. or more; spur delicate and curved; leaves 

 linear. Bogs. Summer. 



44. Leaves (neither opposite, wanting, nor from root only) simple, 



flowers in raceme, plant climbing, trailing or spreading. 



WILD BALSAM-APPLE (Echinocystis lobata} . Gourd family. 

 Tall annual, climbing by tendrils; flowers axillary, 

 small, generally in racemes, or clusters; leaves thin 

 with 5 lobes; fruit large, green, covered with spines. 

 Rich soil. Summer. 



Fig. 42. 



Climbing false buckwheat (Polygonvmscandens). 



CLIMBING FALSE BUCKWHEAT (Polygonum scandens). 



Buckwheat family. 



Running along ground or climbing ; flowers small in 

 short racemes ; leaves somewhat heart-shaped, pointed. 



