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little colony, and when one is fortunate enough to come 

 across one in a damp wood or swamp, or possibly in a dry 

 wood, one is apt to find a host of them. They are qften 

 found in the company of Medeola, a member of the Lily-of 

 the- Valley family that has a whorl of leaves closely resem«" 

 bling this orchid's leaves. The dwarf cornel leaves also look 

 similar, but after the flower has passed, the orchid may be 

 recognised by its single capsule with its many seeds, while 

 the dwarf cornel wears the familiar scarlet " bunchberries," 

 and the Medeola beautiful, blue-purple berries. Its range 

 is from Southern New England to Minnesota, and south- 

 ward, and its blossoming time is May and June, but its 

 tendency, like that of the other Pogonias, is toward the 

 warmer climate, for it has not been reported, we think, from 

 Maine or New Hampshire or Vermont. 



5. SMALLER WHORLED POGONIA 



Pogonia ajfinis, Austin. (Plate XXXIII.) 



This orchid is truly a rarity. The Smaller Whorled 

 Orchid has been found so seldom in our moist woods of 

 southern New York and New Jersey as to make us feel as 

 though we were holding some Southern bird in forced cap- 

 tivity in insisting on keeping it within the printed lists of our 

 flora. Whether its seeds have travelled north from its more 

 congenial clime by accident, or whether our few specimens 

 are lingering in a climate that has become too severe, we 

 cannot say; but certain it is, if it be a feat to find the Pogonia 



