62 PLANTS GROWING IN MUD. 
to form a resting place for Master Bee ; as they are designed 
for insect fertilization, Not to offend by this omission, our 
lovely flower has one of the coloured sepals brought forward ; 
which suits the undiscriminating taste of its visitors quite as well. 
The flowers from which the accompanying plate was painted, 
were very little less than two inches broad. The plant is not 
nearly so rare as it is generally thought to be, and well repays 
the time spent in its quest. 
SNAKE-MOUTH. ROSE POGONIA. (Piate XXIV) 
Pogonia ophioglossoides. 
FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 
Orchis. Pale pink, or greenish Fragrant. Northeast to Florida June, July. 
white. and westward. 
Flowers: terminal; solitary; having the six unequal divisions of the 
perianth that are peculiar to the orchid family. The lower lip bearded and 
iringed. Leaves: ovate-elliptical; one wrapped midway about each stem ; 
aera’ bract-like leaves at the base of the flowers. Fvowe7-stalk : erect from 
a bulb. 
Why call this flower by such a name 
That makes it blush as though in shame ? 
A snake is e’er a frightful thing, 
Whose mouth gives forth a deadly sting ; 
While naught but sweetness ever blows 
From where this tranquil flower grows. 
To those that think of an orchis simply as an aérial thing 
hanging in a greenhouse, it seems almost incredible that this 
modest plant should be a member of the same family. But if 
studied carefully it will be seen that it could not be successfully 
disowned by the proudest of its many relatives. 
LARGE PURPLE-FRINGED ORCHIS. 
Habendria grandifiora. 
FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 
Orchis. Violet purple. Fragrant. New England southward June, July. 
and westward. 
Flowers + clustered in dense raceme-like spikes. The large lip one and a half 
inches long; three-parted ; fan-shaped, and extending into a long, slender spur ; 
deeply fringed and more highly-coloured than the other parts. The upper 
sepals and petals toothed. Leaves: alternate; lanceolate ; becoming bracts as 
they approach the flower ; oval, pointed, and clasping at the base. 
This most beautiful and showy of the purple-fringed orchids, 

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