HARPER'S GUIDE TO WILD FLOWERS 



Ragged Fringed Orchis 



H. lacera.. — Flowers, numerous, in a loose or dense raceme. Lip, 

 3 -parted, each of the divisions conspicuously fringed or cut into 

 narrow segments. Spur, quite long. Leaves on the stem, broader 

 below, becoming lance-shaped at the top. They are firm, with 

 veins strongly marked. Stem, i to 2 feet high. Swamps and 

 moist woods. June and July. 



This green orchis is a pretty find, in early summer, in the 

 woods. 



Adder's Mouth 



Microstylis monophyttos. — Family, Orchis. Flowers, small, with 

 narrow petals. Lip, eared (not fringed), slender, terminating in 

 a long point, roundish near the flower. Flowers, in a raceme, each 

 with a short pedicel. June and July. 



A single, rather broad leaf inwraps the base of the stem, 

 which arises from a solid bulb. 5 to 6 inches high. Swamps 

 or wet woods. 



Green Adder's Mouth 



M. unifblia.. — This species is similar to the last, but its leaf 

 occurs about the middle of the flower-stem, oval or roundish, 

 clasping. Raceme of flowers short, blunt, 1 to 3 inches long. Lip, 

 3-lobed at the summit. 5 to 10 inches high. July and August. 



Rather rare, in wet woods. 



Twayblade 



Liparis Loeseliu — Family, Orchis. Color, yellowish green. 

 Flowers, few in a raceme, the petals narrow, long. Lip, entire, 

 pointed in the middle, oblong. Leaves, lance-shaped, 2 in num- 

 ber, sheathing the flower-stem. 



Not a common species, found in wet woods, from New 

 England to Florida. 



Crane Fly Orchis 



Tipulkria. discolor. — Family, Orchis. Color, greenish, tinged 

 or spotted with purple. Flowers on a scape, with several small 

 scales at base, nodding, on pedicels without bracts, making a 

 terminal, loose raceme 5 to 10 inches long. Sepals and petals, 

 long and narrow, the lip 3-lobed, not exceeding the petals, pro- 

 longed backward into a thread-like spur twice as long as the 

 flower. Leaf appearing in autumn, after the flower has perished, 

 springing from a bulb, often living through the winter, long- 



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