GREEN GROUP 



White Hellebore. Indian Poke 



Veratrum <vtride. — Family, Lily. Flowers rather large, in a 

 long, dense panicle (from i to 2 feet long). Perianth of 6 divisons, 

 narrowed at the base. Stamens 6, their filaments curved. Each 

 flower is pedicelled, and lies flat and open. Leaves, broad, parallel- 

 veined, plaited, clasping the stem at their bases. 



A plant of rank, strong growth, from very poisonous, 

 fibrous roots, found in wet places in New Jersey and south- 

 ward, also 4,000 feet high in the Adirondacks. 



Field Garlic. Crow Garlic 



Allium <vineale. — Family, Lily. Perianth of 6 distinct, col- 

 ored sepals. Flowers in umbels, often accompanied or displaced 

 by small bulblets, tipped with a fine hair. Leaves, narrow, hollow, 

 long, somewhat grooved, sheathing the flower-stem below and as 

 far as the middle. Scape leafless above. Root, a coated bulb, 

 like an onion. 



Whole plant strong-scented. 2 to 3 feet tall. Flowers 

 sometimes purple. 



Rein Orchis 



Habenkria fla<va. — Family, Orchis. (See description of the 

 Family, p. 6.) This species may be recognized by its square, 

 cut-off lip (truncate) and long spur. Near the base of the lip is 

 a small protuberance, called a tubercle. Where the lip is joined 

 to the flower it has two arrow-like lobes. Flowers arranged in 

 bracted spikes. Leaves on the stem, the lower broader than the 

 upper, all pointed at apex. 1 to 2 feet high. June and July. 



Common in wet grounds in the Atlantic States. 

 Tall, Leafy Green Orchis 



H. hyperbbrea. — This species has a leafy stem on which the 

 flowers extend, sometimes below the middle, in a long, thick, or 

 loose spike. Lip, narrow, lance-shaped. Spur, about equal in 

 length to the lip. May to August. 



Height about 2 feet. In peat bogs and damp woods, north 

 and westward. Found 4,000 feet high in Vermont. 



Small, Northern Bog Orchis 



H. obtusata. — This is a one-leafed species, the leaf, from the 

 root, somewhat broad. Flowers make a loose raceme at the top 

 of the naked stalk. Lip, lance - shaped, often turning back. 

 Spur, curved, as long as the lip. July to September. 



In swamps and damp woods, preferring rich soil. 



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