MAGENTA TO PINK FLOWERS 



Sessile-leaved Twisted-stalk 



{Streptopus roseus) Lily-of-the- Valley family 



Flowers — Dull, purplish pink, Yz in. long or less, solitary, on thread- 

 like, curved footstalks longer than the small flower itself, 

 nodding from leaf-axils. Perianth bill-shaped, of 6 spreading 

 segments; stamens 6, 2-horned ; style spreading into 3 

 branches, stigmatic on inner side. Stem: i to 2}^ ft. high, sim- 

 ple or forked. Leaves : Thin, alternate, green on both sides, 

 many nerved, tapering at end, rounded at base, where they 

 are seated on stem. Fruit : A round, red, many-seeded berry. 



Preferred Habitat — Moist woods. 



Flowering Season — May — July. 



Distribution — North America east and west, southward to Georgia 

 and Oregon. 



As we look down on this graceful plant, no blossoms are visi- 

 ble ; but if we bend the zig-zagged stem backward, we shall dis- 

 cover the little rosy bells swaying from the base of the leaves on 

 curved footstalks {streptos — twisted, pous = a foot or stalk) very 

 much as the plant's relatives the Solomon's seals grow. In the 

 confident expectation of having its seeds dropped far and wide, it 

 bears showy red berries in August for the birds now wandering 

 through the woods with increased, hungry families. 



The Clasping-leaved Twisted-stalk (S. amplexifolius), which 

 has one or two greenish-white bells nodding from its axils, may 

 be distinguished when not in flower by its leaves, which are 

 hoary — not green — on the under side, or by its oval berry. In- 

 deed most plants living in wet soil have a coating of down on the 

 under sides of their leaves to prevent the pores from clogging 

 with rising vapors. 



Moccasin Flower; Pink, Venus', or Stemless 

 Lady's Slipper 



{Cypripedium acaule) Orchid family 



Flowers — Fragrant, solitary, large, showy, drooping from end of 

 scape, 6 to 12 in. high. Sepals lance-shaped, spreading, green- 



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