WILD FLOWERS OF \FW YORK 79 



Grass Pink; Calopogon 



Li)iiodoni)n tiihcrosiDii Linnaeus 



Plate 4l^> 



Scape slender, 12 to iS inclies higii from a round, solid Ijulb, arisinsj; 

 from the bulb of the previous year, a single leaf appearing the first season, 

 followed the next year by the flowering stem and a single linear-lanceolate 

 leaf, 8 to 12 inches long, one-fotirth to i inch wide. Flowers three to fifteen, 

 forming a loose, tenninal spike or raceme, each about i inch broad, purplish 

 pink; sepals and petals nearly alike, separate, obliquely ovate-lanceolate, 

 acute; lip broadly triangular and dilated at the apex, bearded along the 

 face with yellow, orange and rose-colored hairs. 



Common in bogs or boggy meadows. Newfoundland to Ontario and 

 Minnesota, south to Florida and Missouri. Flowering in Jime and July. 



Wide-leaved Ladies'-tresses 



Ibidiiiiii phiiitagiiieuni (Rafinesciue) House 



A rather inconspicuous little orchid, 4 to 10 inches high with tulierous- 

 fleshy roots. Leaves three to five to a stem, mostly near the base, lanceo- 

 late, 2 to 5 inches long. Flowers spreading in a dense, terminal spike, 

 I to 2 inches long, one-third to one-half of an inch thick, each flower about 

 one-fourth of an inch long; petals and sepals white, the lateral sepals free, 

 narrowly lanceolate, the upper sepals somewhat united with the petals; 

 lip pale yellow on the face, oblong, not contracted in the middle, the wavy 

 apex rounded, crisped or fringed, the base short clawed, bearing mere traces 

 of callosities at the base. 



Moist banks, meadows and bogs, Nova Scotia to Minnesota, sovitli to 

 Virginia and Wisconsin. Flowers in June and July. 



The most showy species of Ladies'-tresses is I b i d i u m c e r n u vi m 

 (Linnaeus) House (figure X) , which is 6 to 24 inches high and pubescent 

 above. Leaves mainly toward the base of the stem, linear-lanceolate or 

 linear, 3 to 14 inches long; flowers very fragrant, white or yellowish, forming 



