100 THROUGH GLADE AND MEAD. 
one of the showy orchids and is distinguished. easily 
from the larger one by its size and later date of flower- 
ing. Under the shadow of the pines is the habitat of 
the two rattlesnake plantains (Goodyera pubescens, R. 
Br. and G. repens, R. Br.), with small, white, sac-shaped 
flowers crowded together on a stem six to twelve inches 
high, at the base of which is a thick cluster of small 
green leaves strongly marked with interlacing white 
lines. There, too, the coral-root (Corallorhiza multt- 
Jiora, Nutt.) dwells, more solitary in its habit, but at- 
tracting attention by its strange brownish or yellowish 
color and the absence of green foliage. The flowers are 
dull-colored, and from ten to thirty in number, and the 
root is much branched and toothed, resembling a mass 
of coral, whence its name. Its appearance suggests to 
us two other plants found in similar situations, the 
Indian pipe (Monotropa unifiora, L..) and the pine-sap 
(M. Hypopitys, L.), which at a hasty glance might be 
mistaken for fungi, although they belong to the same 
family as the blueberry and the mountain laurel. 
Another leafless parasitic plant, one of the most 
abundant in August, is the dodder (Cuscuta Gronovit, 
Willd.). It is found in low lands, often by the side of 
the railroads in such quantities as to attract the atten- 
tion of the traveler despite the rapid rate at which he 
is whirling along. Its long, yellow, thread-like stems 
climb indifferently over herbs and shrubs. It differs 
