ORCHID FAMILY. Orchidacese. 



Bethlehem and Campton, N. H., in the region of the 

 White Mountains. 



A small but showy species with rather 

 blade large shiny leaves. 2-4 inches long, light 



Liparislilii- green. The flowers showy, brownish or 

 folia madder purple, with reflexed sepals and 



Madder purple peta i s t i ie latter exceedingly narrow, the 

 June-July 



lip inch long and broad. 1* lowers nu- 

 merous, the cluster sometimes 5 inches tall. The Greek 

 name in allusion to the shining leaves. 4-9 inches high. 

 Me., south to Ga., west to Mo. 



A small species commonly found in ever- 

 Early Coral ... 

 ^ oot green woods, with a ruddy, irregular root 



Corallorhiza resembling coral, and a straight yellowish 

 innata brown leafless but scaly stem bearing small, 



Dull madder uninteresting madder purple flowers, with 

 MaT-June ^ n ^ se P a l s an( l petals and a whitish lip ; 



the seed capsule nearly | inch long. The 

 name, Greek, meaning coral and root. Common in 

 swamps and damp woods, from Me., south to N. J. in 

 the mountains to Ga. , and west to Neb. Found in Shel- 

 burne and Dublin, N. H. 



A slender but generally taller species 

 d with very sma11 ' dul1 purple-brown flowers, 

 Corallorhiza drooping on a stiff stem ; the lip whitish, 

 odontnrhiza spotted, and the sepals and petals marked 

 Dull madder w ith purple lines. The flower-stem pur- 

 juT P - e plish brown - 6 ~ la inches hi S h > leafless, 



September but w ith one or * wo sheathing scales. In 



evergreen woods, especially under arbor- 

 vitae. Common from Mass, to Mich. , south to Fla. , and 

 southwest to Mo. 



A taller, large-flowered species, the stem 

 o ^ e of which has several close scales. Many 



Corallorhiza slightly fragrant flowers, with the white 

 multiflora '. lip spotted and lined with purple-brown. 

 Madder purple Common in spruce woods. 10-18 inches 

 September hi g h - Me -> south to Fla., and west to 



Neb. and Cal. Found at Mt. Agassiz, 

 Bethlehem, and Sandwich, N. H., and the White Mt. 

 Notch. 



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