ORCHID FAMILY. Orchidaceas, 



Bethlehem and Caiiipton, N. H., in the region of the 

 White Mountains. 



A small but showy species with rather 

 hllde ^^^ large shiny leaves. 2-4 inches long, light 

 LiparisUUi- green. The flowers showy, brownish or 

 folia madder purple, with reflexed sepals and 



Madder purple petals, the latter exceedingly narrow, the 

 u y ^^^ ^ inch long and broad. Flowers nu- 



merous, the cluster sometimes 5 inches tall. The Greek 

 name in allusion to the shining leaves. 4-9 inches high. 

 Me., south to Ga., west to Mo. 



A small species commonly found in ever- 

 Root^ green woods, with a ruddy, irregular root 



Corallorhiza resembling coral, and a straight yellowish 

 innata brown leafless but scaly stem bearing small, 



Dull madder uninteresting madder purple flowers, with 

 ^'^''J ^ tiny sepals and petals and a whitish lip ; 



the seed capsule nearly ^ inch long. The 

 name, Greek, meaning coral and root. Common in 

 swamps and damp woods, from Me., south to N. J. in 

 the mountains to Ga. , and west to Neb. Found in Shel- 

 burne and Dublin, N. H. 



A slender but generally taller species 

 SmalUflowered ^^.. j^ ^ ^^^^^^ ^j^^^ purple-brown flowers. 

 Coral Root ^ . "^ .^ , ,. , • • , 



Corallorhiza droopmg on a stiff stem ; the lip whitish, 



odontorhiza spotted, and the sepals and petals marked 



Dull madder ^vjth purple lines. The flower-stem pur- 



purp^e pj-gj^ brown. 6-12 inches high, leafless, 



September ^^* with one or two sheathing scales. In 



evergreen woods, especially under arbor- 



vitse. Common from Mass. to Mich., south to Fla,, and 



southwest to Mo. 



A taller, large-flowered species, the stem 

 Large Coral 

 ff^QQl of which has several close scales. Many 



Corallorhiza slightly fragrant flowers, with the white/ 



multiflora Hp spotted and lined with purple-brown. 



Madder purple Common in spruce woods. 10-18 inches 



September high. Me., south to Fla., and west to 



Neb. and Cai. Found at Mt. Agassiz. 



Bethlehem, and Sandwich, N. H., and the White Mt. 



Notch. 



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