WILD FLOWERS RED 
bases. Each part broadens decidedly toward the end, 
and finally tapers to a blunt tip. Within, on the upper 
parts of the divisions, the colouring becomes’ more 
intense, and, at some distance from the tips is spotted 
with dark purple and tinged with yellow. The 
six long pink stamens and pistil have brown tips, 
and add greatly to the attractiveness of the blossom. 
This magnificent Lily is found from Maine to Ontario, 
and south to North Carolina and west to Virginia. 
LARGE CORAL-ROOT 
Corallorrbiza maculata. Orchid Family. 
This late-blooming Coral-root is more pretentious 
than the following species, and its brownish-purple 
blossoms are fragrant and more Orchid-like. The 
stouter flower stalk is stained with purple, and grows 
from eight to twenty inches high, bearing several 
tight-fitting scales in place of leaves. From ten to 
thirty erect flowers are gathered in a terminal spike. 
The petals are narrow and somewhat spotted, and, 
together with the sepals, are slightly united at the 
base. The deeply three-lobed oval lip is wavy-edged, 
and its colour is white, spotted and lined with purple. 
The middle lobe is broadest and the apex is curved. 
The yellowish spur is rudimentary, and the plant 
bears no leaves. The large, much branched root is 
strikingly coral-like in shape. This parasite is 
found blooming in woods from July to September, 
and ranges from Florida, Missouri, and California 
northward into the fur countries. Occasionally, pale 
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