144 OUR NATIVE ORCHIDS 



incurved edges of the constricted parts. This must force 

 the insect to a sideways entrance to the flower. There is no 

 spur in this species, and it has not been recorded where the 

 nectar is found, but possibly it lies in a sort of sac-like 

 enlargement of the flower just above the ovary. The 

 Striped Coralroot grows in woods from northern New 

 York to Michigan and is found as far west as Oregon and 

 California. It blooms in July. 



