Epidendriuii Pseud. Ejiidendrmn, apple-green, lip orange- 

 red. 



Catasetum, Orchis, (Jlrrhopetalum, Cyndjidium, Pkity- 

 dinus, Masdevalia, Oncidkwi, Brassia, etc., all have 

 green species. 



The following sections will be recognized as native plants : 



Gymnocladus Canadensis, two shades of green, Hower has 

 a delicious spicy odor. 



Xanthoxylum, Ptelea, Rhus, Vitis, Auqyelojjsis, Euony- 

 mus, Scleranthus, Sniilax, Chrysosplenium, Habenaria, 

 Physalis, Arismma, numerous species of Chenopodiacece, 

 Ambrosia, Amarantacem, Salicornia, Ludwir/ia, Ribes, 

 Helonias, purple changing to green, and Cobea scandens of 

 gardens green changing to purple, Liriodemlron Tidipifera, 

 etc., etc. 



GKEENISH-PURPLE . 



ScropJiularia, Menziesia, Aristolochia, Ap>Iec(rnm, Tril- 

 lium sessile; Veralrum, green turning brownish, purple 

 within, Tipndaria, Clematis, etc. 



GREENISH-WIIITE. 



Hydrastis, Polyijonatum, SyncJirys, Conobea, Pyrola, 

 Anemone, Comandra, T'riglodiin, (roodyera, Celastrus, 

 Smilacina, Echinocystis, Polygonum, Aralia, Solea, Poly- 

 gala, Iva ; Orniihogalum, green and white, GalanUius, sev- 

 eral species of a green color ; G. Elwesi is white marked 

 with green, G. virescens, outer petals pale green shading- 

 down to pure white, inner petals entirely green. Habenaria 

 lacera is pale green, except that the lip fades to white. 



If green be the earliest color of tlowers, one would natu- 

 rally expect to find that color among the simplest forms, as 

 in Ranuncidacew, and it is found that many are so, as five 

 species or more of Clematis are green or greenish. Anemone 

 cylindrica greenish-white, A. Virginiana greenish, Thxdie- 



