62 PLANTS GROWING IN MUD. 



to form a resting place for Master Bee ; as they are designed 

 for insect fertilization. Not to offend by this omission, our 

 lovely flower has one of the coloured sepals brought forward ; 

 which suits the undiscriminating taste of its visitors quite as well. 

 The flowers from which the accompanying plate was painted, 

 were very little less than two inches broad. The plant is not 

 nearly so rare as it is generally thought to be, and well repays 

 the time spent in its quest. 



SNAKE-MOUTH. ROSE POQONIA. {Plate XXIV.) 



Pogb?iia ophioglossoides. 



FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 



Orchis. Pale pink^ or greenish Fragrant. Northeast to Florida Ju7ie,July. 

 "white. and westward. 



Flowers : terminal ; solitary ; having the six unequal divisions of the 

 perianth that are peculiar to the orchid family. The lower lip bearded and 

 fringed. Leaves : ovate-elliptical ; one wrapped midway about each stem ; 

 smaller bract-like leaves at the base of the flowers. Flower-stalk ; erect from 

 a bulb. 



Why call this flower by such a name 

 That makes it blush as though in shame ? 

 A snake is e'er a frightful thing, 

 "Whose mouth gives forth a deadly sting ; 

 While naught but sweetness ever blows 

 From where this tranquil flower grows. 



To those that think of an orchis simply as an aerial thing 

 hanging in a greenhouse, it seems almost incredible that this 

 modest plant should be a member of the same family. But if 

 studied carefully it will be seen that it could not be successfully 

 disowned by the proudest of its many relatives. 



LARGE PURPLE-FRINGED ORCHIS. 



Habendrza grandifibra. 



FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 



Orchis. Violet purple. Fragrant. New England southward June, July. 



and westward. 



Flowers: clustered in dense raceme-like spikes. The large lip one and a half 

 inches long; three-parted ; fan-shaped, and extending into a long, slender spur ; 

 deeply fringed and more highly-coloured than the other parts. _ The upper 

 sepals and petals toothed. Leaves: alternate; lanceolate; becoming bracts as 

 they approach the flower ; oval, pointed, and clasping at the base. 



This most beautiful and showy of the purple-fringed orchids, 



