62 Orchidaceae 



green with a purplish middle and purple 

 nerves radiating into the apical lobes, col- 

 umn slightly incurved, J of an inch long. 



Generally distributed throughout the 

 Rockies but never abundant, seldom more 

 than 3 or 4 plants being found together; 

 flowering in July. 



Plant 8-15 inches high from 

 Peramium 

 Menziesi a ^airy, creeping rootstock. 



(Lindl.) Leaves basal, ij-2j inches long 



Morong. and a third as broad, tapering 



Rattlesnake to both endSj dark green and 



Plantain. . ,. 11^11 ,i 



veiny, sometimes blotched with 

 white. Flowers \ to nearly J an inch long, 

 yellowish- or greenish-white, in a slender 

 spike; sepals and petals lanceolate, erect or 

 nearly so about half the length of the lip, lip 

 swollen at the base and with a long narrow 

 recurved tip. 



Frequent in rich woods throughout the 

 region, growing in moss, the evergreen leaves 

 forming a rosette at the base of the stalk 

 of flowers, which blossom in August. 



