56 Orchidaceae 



usually solitary, bright yellow; lip inflated, 

 curved, an inch or more long, spotted and 

 blotched inside with purple; sepals and 

 petals longer than the lip, laterals twisted, 

 iJ-2 inches long, lanceolate with an atten- 

 uate tip, yellowish green or sometimes 

 purplish. 



Not uncommon in the Rockies in moist 

 ground, very abundant on the torrent fan 

 among loose stones at the head of Emerald 

 Lake ; flowering in June. 



Corallorhiza Stem smooth, greenish yellow or 

 Corallorhiza purplish; 4-12 inches high from 

 (L.) Karst. a mass of coral-like roots. 

 Early Coral- L eaves absent but represented 

 by 2-5 closely sheathing scales. 

 Flowers 3-12 in a head 1-3 inches long; 

 sepals and petals slender, J of an inch long, 

 yellowish or dull purplish; lip not quite as 

 long as the petals, white or whitish, oblong, 

 nearly entire or slightly notched at the apex, 

 2 -toothed at the base, occasionally with 

 purple spots. 



