CHAPTER VIII 



VARIEGATED FLOWERS 



Indian Turnip. Dragon Arum 

 Arisaema triphyttum. — Family, Arum. Color of spathe and 

 sheaths, green, or sometimes dark purple or green variegated 

 with purple stripes or whitish stripes or spots. (See Green 

 Flowers, p. 20.) 



Larger Blue Flag 

 Iris versicolor. — Family, Iris. Colors, violet blue, variegated 

 with green, white and yellow. (See Blue Flowers, p. 300.) 



Slender Blue Flag 



/. prismatic*. — Color, violet blue, streaked with yellow. The 

 slender blue flag resembles the larger species in its flower and 

 leaves. (See Larger Blue Flag, p. 300.) The whole plant is 

 more delicate. Flowers, on slender, long pedicels, appear singly 

 or in pairs. The outer, recurved perianth segments are about 2 

 inches in length. The 2 or 3 leaves are linear, like blades of 

 grass. Stem, round, 1 to 3 feet tall. Rootstock slender. June and 

 July. 



Found in marshes, near the coast, from Nova Scotia to 

 Georgia. 



Showy Lady's Slipper 



Cypripedium hirsutum. — Family, Orchis. Colors, white with 

 crimson markings. (See White Flowers, p. 50.) 



Ram's Head Lady's Slipper 



C. arietinum. — Colors, dark purple, crimson, and white. (See 

 Purple Flowers, p. 302.) 



Larger Yellow Lady's Slipper 



C. parvifldrum, var. pubescens. — Colors, greenish yellow, pur- 

 ple, and golden yellow. (See Yellow Flowers, p. 160.) 



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