HARPER'S GUIDE TO WILD FLOWERS 



C, maculata. — Color of petals and sepals a brownish purple. 

 Lip, white, spotted or lined with purple. A scape, 8 to 20 inches 

 high, leafless, but, like the preceding, clothed with sheathing 

 scales, bears many flowers, large for this genus, in a raceme 2 to 

 8 inches long. Flower, open, spreading; lip, broad and short. 

 Root, much like the preceding. July and August. 



From New England to Florida westward. 



C. striata. — Color, dark purple. Sepals and petals, narrowly 

 elliptical, showing 3 deeper purple lines. Lip, strongly purple- 

 veined, broad, oval, concave. Scape, stout, leafless, 8 to 20 

 inches high, bearing a raceme of flowers at the tip. Bracts with 

 each flower. May and June. 



A rare and local species found in the latitude of northern 

 New York to Oregon and California. 



C. Wisteriana. — Color, purplish. Flower, open, with large, 

 broad, white lip spotted with deep crimson. Flowers, pedicelled, 

 in a raceme on a slender stem 8 to 16 inches high. Spur con- 

 spicuous. April and May. 



Woods, Massachusetts to Florida, westward to Texas. 

 The coral root orchids are among the least pretty of the 

 Family, but are interesting, widely dispersed, and will repay 

 study. The fruit capsules of all the species droop when ripe. 



Twayblade 



Listera cordata. — Family, Orchis. Color, purplish. Leaves, 2, 

 broad, opposite, sessile, roundish and heart-shaped, borne about 

 the middle of the stem. Lip, much longer than the sepals and 

 petals, deeply 2-cleft. A small orchid, not more than 4 to 10 

 inches high, with almost minute flowers in a slender raceme, each 

 accompanied by a small bract. The outside sepals turn back. 

 Roots fibrous. June to August. 



From Nova Scotia south to New Jersey and west across 

 the continent. Mossy woods and swamps. 



L. australis. — A Southern species, found south of New Jersey, 

 has minute, greenish-yellow flowers heavily striped with purple , 

 in a loose, slender raceme terminating a stem 3 to 10 inches high. 

 (See Yellow Flowers, p. 160.) 



In shady or wet woods. 



Large Twayblade 



Liparis liliifdlia. — Family, Orchis. Color, brownish purple in 

 lip, sepals, and petals. The latter very narrow, thread - like. 



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