WILD FLOWERS OF CALIFORNIA 



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1705. Orchis 



1706. Coral-root 



1707. Coral-root 



1708. Stream Orchis 



Habcnaria maritima 



Corallorhiza multiflora 



Corallorhiza Bigelovia 



Epipactis gigantea 



1709. Ladies Tresses 



Spiranthes Romanzoffiana 



1710. Ladies Tresses 



1711. Twavblade 



Spiranthes porrifolia 



Listera convallarioides 



1712. Rattle-snake Plan- 

 tain 



1713. Calypso 



Goodyera Menziesii 

 Calypso borealis 



Sea cliffs of the San Fran- 

 cisco Peninsula. Low and 

 stout. Spur slender. 



Shade of woods in the outer 

 and middle coast ranges. 

 Sierras, growing among 

 pine debris, etc., widely 

 distributed but not com- 

 mon. 



Woods along coast and in 

 the Sierra Nevada. On 

 decaying vegetation. Oc- 

 casional in the Yosemite. 

 Root like a branch of 

 coral. 



Flowers greenish or rose- 

 color. Moist stream bank 

 in the Coast Ranges and 

 Sierra Nevada. Wash- 

 ington to Nevada and 

 California. Petals rose 

 color, purple veined or 

 greenish-brown. 



Wet meadows in moun- 

 tains. High Sierras to 

 Mt. Shasta and south- 

 ward to Marin County 

 and San Francisco. Es- 

 pecially common in upper 

 end Yosemite Valley. Six 

 to sixteen inches high. 



Marin County, upper Sac- 

 ramento Valley, east side. 

 Callous protuberances at 

 base of lip nipple-like and 

 pointing downward. 



This peculiar plant is at 

 once known by its single 

 pair of rounded leaves, 

 edges of bogs and in 

 crevices of mossy rocks 

 in reach of spray. Min- 

 eral Spring, Yosemite. 



Woods near coast. Sierra 

 Nevada. Flowers white 

 similar to Spiranthes. 



Redwood forests or in bogs. 

 Abundant at Cazadero and 

 believed to be increasing 

 rapidly. Flowers re- 

 semble those of Lady's 

 Slipper. 



1714. Iris; Flag 



IRIS FAMILY 



Iris longipetala 



IRIDACEAE 



Pt. Isabel and about San 

 Francisco where it is 

 very common southward 

 to Monterey. Petals 

 light violet. Sepals white, 

 veined with violet . 



