150 COMMON CANADIAN WILD PLANTS. 



lower liji 3-ltibed, longer tliaii the tliick, liluiit spur. Sub- 

 merged stems bearing cleistogamous flowers. — Ponds, Atl. 

 Prov. 



5. U. gib'ba, L. Scape only 1-3 inches high, 1-2-flowered, 

 with very slender short branches at the base, bearing capil- 

 lary root-lite leaves and scattered bladders. Corolla yellow, 

 the' lower lip with sides reflexed. Spur very thick and 

 blunt, couical, gibbous. — Shallow water, central and S. W. 

 Ontario. 



». l'II«eiIIC'III;A, L. BniTERWOET. 



P. VUlga'riS, L. A small and stemless perennial growing 

 on damp rocks. Scapes X-flowered. Leaves entire, ovate or 

 elli])tic.il, soft-fleshy, clustered at the root. Upper lip of 

 the calyx 3-cleft, the, lower 2-cleft. Corolla violet, the lips 

 very vinequal, the palate open, and hairy or spotted. — Shore 

 of Lake Huron. 



Oeder LIX. OROBANCHA'CE^. (Broomkape F.) 



Parasitic herbs, destitute of green foliage. Corclla more 

 or less 2-lipped. Stamens didynamous. Ovary 1-celled with 

 2 or 4 parietal placentse, many-seeded. 



•1. EI>IPHF/GIIS, Nutt. (Beech-deops.) 

 E. VlPglnia'na, Bart. A yellowish-brown branching 

 plant, parasitic on the roots of beech-trees. Plowers race- 

 mose or spiked; the upper sterile, with long corolla; the 

 lower felfcile, with short corolla. 



S. CONOPH'ULIS, WaUroth. Squaw-koot. 



C. Ameriea'na, "Wallroth. A chestnut-coloured or yel- 

 low plant found in clusters in oak woods in early summer 

 3-6 inches high and rather less than an inch in thickness. 

 The stem covered with fleshy scales so as to resemble a cone. 

 Flowers under the upper scales ; stamens projecting. 



S. APHYtlOX, Mitchell. Naked Beoom-eape. Cancer-hoot. 



1. A. unifla'rum, Torr. and Gr. Plant yellowish-brown. 

 Flower solitary at the top of a, naked ecape. Stoii sn/.ler- 

 ranean or nearly so, short and scaly. Scapes 3-5 inches 



