PINE WILD FLOWERS 
wet meadows and swampy recesses, where its 
beautiful patches of colour may be found swaying 
above the tall grasses during June and July, 
from Newfoundland to Florida, and west to 
Ontario, Minnesota and Missouri. 
ARETHUSA 
Arethiusa bulbdsa. Orchid Family. 
Winsome indeed are the large, solitary, rose-purple 
blossoms of this locally common Orchid, which blooms 
during May and June, in bogs and swamps where 
most people are not likely to wander. It is named 
after the beautiful nymph, Arethusa, whom the God- 
dess Diana transformed into a fountain to avoid the 
ardent attentions of Alpheus, the river god, who had 
fallen in love with her. The Arethusa is a spurless 
Orchid, closely related to the Pogonia, and has a deli- 
cate, violet-like fragrance. The smooth, slender stalk 
rises from five to ten inches high from a small bulb 
and bears from one to three loose, sheathing bracts. 
The long, slender, many-ribbed and grass-like leaf is 
solitary, and appears after the flowering period. The 
flower is nearly erect and is borne singly on the tip 
of the stalk from between a pair of small scales. Two 
of the sepals are spreading, while the other one 
with two petals is somewhat arched. They are 
all partly united and nearly alike. The conspicuous, 
drooping lip has a broad, rounded, and recurved 
apex, which is toothed or fringed, blotched with 
purple, and ridged with three white, hairy crests. 
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