ORCHID FAMILY. Orchidaceae. 



about 1 incli long. 5-10 inches high. Common in bogs, 

 from Me., south to N. Car., west to Minn, and Ind. 

 Named for the fountain nymph Arethusa. 

 Grass P|nk ^ smaller-flowered, but very beautiful 



('<!/n;ni(fon orchjd, slender-stemmed, and with one 

 iwlchcllus linear bright green leaf. Flower-stem 



Magenta-pink bearing 3-9 magenta-pink sweet-scented 

 June-July _ ' . , ,. 



flowers with a long spreading lip crested 



with yellow, orange, and magenta hairs ; the anther 

 and pollen are as in Arethusa. Name from the Greek, 

 beautiful and beard, referring to the handsome bearded 

 lip. 10-16 inches high. In bogs, from Me., south, and 

 west to Minn, and Mo. Often found in company with 

 the next. 



Snake Mouth A most delicate little rchid bearing 

 Pogonia generally solitary, raspberry -scented crim- 



ophioglossoides son-pink flowers with a small light green 

 Crimson-pink lance-shaped leaf half-way up the stem, 

 June-July &n( j a ^ m y Qne j ug |. below t ne blossom ; 



sometimes a long-stemmed leaf proceeds from the root. 

 The flower has sepals and petals of equal length over- 

 hanging a beautifully crested and fringed lip, curved 

 like the hollow of one's hand, which furnishes an alight- 

 ing platform for the visiting insect, who pushes forward 

 in the narrow space between the stigma and the lip, 

 scraping pollen off its back in its progress. The pollen 

 attaches to the gummy stigma. In retreating, the lid oi 

 the anther catches on the back of the visitor, swings 

 open, and fresh pollen is deposited for the benefit of the 

 next flower. This orchid has no rostellum and its pol- 

 len is not in stemmed pearlike masses. The name, 

 Greek, bearded, from the bearded lip of some of the spe- 

 ciea. 8-13 inches high. In wet meadows and swamps, 

 Me., south, and west to Kan; also in Japan. Fre- 

 quently found in company with Calopogon. 

 Nodding A local species less showy than the fore- 



Pogonia going, but remarkable for its dainty pen- 



Pogonia dulous flowers, which are considerably 



Light magenta smaller. With 2-8 tiny leaves, alternat- 

 August- ing, and clasping the stem. There are 1-6 



September long-stemmed flowers which proceed from 

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