ORCHID FAMILY. Orcbidaceas. 



about 1 inch long. 5-10 inches high. Common in bogs, 



from Me., south to N. Car., west to Minn, and Ind. 



Named for the fountain nymph Arethusa. 



Grass Pink ^ smaller-flowered, but very beautiful 



Calopogon orchid, slender-stemmed, and with one 



pidchellus linear bright green leaf. Flower-stem 



Magenta=pink bearing 3-9 magenta-pink sweet-scented 



u y flowers with a long spreading lip crested 



with yellow, orange, and magenta hairs ; the anther 



and pollen are as in Arethusa. Name from the Greek, 



beautiful and beard, referring to the handsome bearded 



lip. 10-16 inches high. In bogs, from Me., south, and 



west to Minn, and Mo. Often found in company with 



the next. 



. „ . A most delicate little orchid bearing 



Snake Mouth ,, ,.. , ^ j • 



Poqonia generally solitary, raspberry-scented crim- 



ophioglossoides son-pink flowers with a small light green 

 Crimson=pink lance-shaped leaf half-way up the stem, 

 June-July ^j^^ ^ ^jj-^y ^^^ j^g^ below the blossom ; 



sometimes a long-stemmed leaf proceeds from the root. 

 The flower has sepals and petals of equal length over- 

 hanging a beautifully crested and fringed lip, curved 

 like the hollow of one's hand, which furnishes an alight- 

 ing platform for the visiting insect, who pushes forward 

 in the narrow space between the stigma and the lip, 

 scraping pollen off its back in its progress. The pollen 

 attaches to the gummy stigma. In retreating, the lid of 

 the anther catches on the back of the visitor, swings 

 open, and fresh pollen is deposited for the benefit of the 

 next flower. This orchid has no rostellum and its pol- 

 len is not in stemmed pearlike masses. The name, 

 Greek, bearded, from the bearded lip of some of the spe- 

 cies. 8-13 inches high. In wet meadows and swamps. 

 Me., south, and west to Kan ; also in Japan. Fre- 

 quently found in company with Calopogon. 

 Nodding A local species less showy than the fore- 



Pogonia going, but remarkable for its dainty pen- 



Pogonia dulous flowers, which are considerably 



pendula ,, _,^. , ^ ^ . , , 



Light magenta smaller. v\ ith 2-8 tiny leaves, alternat- 



August- ing, and clasping the stem. There are 1-6 



September long-stemmed flowers which proceed from 



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