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INDEX TO CHAPTER II 



g2. Ragged - fringed Orchis {Habe- 

 naria laceni), greenish white. 



93. Purple-fringed Orchis (Habena- 



ria psycodes), purple. 



94. Calypso Dorealis, purple, pink, 



and yellow. 



95. Showy Lady's Slipper (Cv/??)>^</z- 



um spectabile, wliite and pink. 



96. Ram's - head Lady's Slippei 



{Cypiipedium arietinum). 

 Ijrown, red, and white. 



97. Iris. Flower-de-luce. Larger 



Blue Plag {Iris versicolor), 

 blue, white, and pink. 



98. Bog - asphodel (Narthecium 



Americanuni), yellowish, 

 gg. Yellow -eyed Grass (^Xyris 



fluxuosa), yellow. 

 100. Xyris fimbriata, yellow, 

 loi. Carolina Yellow -eyed Grass 

 (Xyris Caroliniana), yel- 

 low. 



102. C a t - 1 a i 1 ( Typka latifolia), 



brown. 



103. Swamp Yv!^(^IIellonias bulla- 



td). 



104. Skunk-cabbage. {SyiHflocarpus 



foetidus), green. 



6ga. Short-stalked False Pimpernel 



llysanihes attenuata. Family, Figwort. Color, white, the 

 corolla striped with purple. Leaves, opposite, ovate to oblong, 

 entire or slightly toothed, sessile, 3 to 5 nerved, an inch or 

 less long. 



Corolla, irregular, 2-lipped, small. Stamens, 2, fertile. Style, 

 long and slender. 



The small flower is raised on a stem shorter than the leaves, 

 single or opposite, from their axils. It pulls up easily from its 

 muddy habitat, showing clustered roots. It loves wet places, as 

 banks of streams in dark woods. 3 to 16 inches high. Maine to 

 Florida. 



The principal difference between this species and I. riparia 

 (page 68) is in the flower-stems, these of /. attenuata being shorter 

 than the leaves, those longer. 



