WHITE OR WHITISH FLOWERS 85 



DEVIL'S-BIT (Chamaelirium Carolinianum). Lily 



family. 



Max. ht. 4 ft.; with long leafy stem ending in a 

 raceme, sometimes i ft. long; flowers very small; 

 leaves without stalks, those at base clustered. 

 Moist ground. Spring, summer. 



Fig. 44. 



Devil's-bit (Chamaelirium Carolinianum). 



SHEPHERD'S-PURSE (Capsella Bursa-pastoris) . Mustard 



family. 



Av. ht. i ft.; flowers small, petals 4; pods tri- 

 angular, flat; leaves at base clustered, deeply 

 toothed, those of stem pointed without stalks. 

 Very common weed. All summer. 



GREEN ADDER'S -MOUTH (Microstylis ophioglossoides) . 



Orchis family. 



Low, slender plant; flowers minute, greenish- white, 

 long - stalked ; leaf single, oval, without stalk. 

 Low ground. July. 



