386 FLOWERS OF FIELD, HILL, AND SWAMP 



71. Large Coralroot 



C. multiflora bears more flowers, sometimes 30, on the scape, 

 which, like the flowers, in color is dull brownish purple. Lip, 

 short, 3-lobed, white, with purple lines and spots. Spur yel- 

 lowish, somewhat curved in outline. 8 to 20 inches high. 



From Nova Scotia to Florida, and westward. 



72. Striped Coralroot 



C. striata has a stouter scape, at the end of which the flow- 

 ers are closely clustered. Color, dark purple, the lip long and 

 broad. No true spur. Same height as the last. 



Range, far north, from northern New York to Michigan' and 

 California. 



73. Wister's Coralroot 



C. WisteriAna rises 8 to 15 inches high, with a loose raceme 

 of purplish pedicelled flowers. Lip, clawed, white, spotted 

 with red, notched. 



Massachusetts to Florida and Texas. The fruits — capsules — of 

 all these species droop when ripe. 



74. Heart-leaved Twayblade 



Listera cordata. — Family, Orchid. Color, purplish. Leaves, 

 2, opposite, sessile, small, 1 inch or less long, roundish, some- 

 what heart-shaped. Time, June. 



A small orchid, not more than 4 to 10 inches high, with 

 almost minute, green-purplish or chocolate-colored flowers in a 

 spike. The outside sepals turn back. The lip is much longer 

 than the rest of the flower, divided in the middle and toothed 

 at the sides. 



From Nova Scotia south to New Jersey, and west across the 

 continent. 



