No. 14.] FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS. I35 



(A. W. Driggs), East Hartford (Weatherby), Bristol (J. N. 

 Bishop), Norfolk (Miss M. C. Seymour), Salisbury (Mrs. C. 

 S. Phelps). Aug.— Sept. 



Epipactis pubescens (Willd.) A. A. Eaton (downy). 

 Goodyera pubescens R. Br. 

 Peramium pubescens MacMill. 

 Net-leaf or Downy Rattlesnake Plantain. Scrofula-weed. 



Frequent. Rich woods in either dry or moist ground. Aug. 



All our species of this genus are considered medicinal, the 

 whole plant being used. 



CORALLORRHIZA Chatelain. Coral Root. 

 Corallorrhiza trifida Chatelain (three-cleft). 

 Corallorrhisa innata R. Br. 

 Corallorrhiza Corallorrhiza Karst. 

 Early Coral Root. 



Rare. Cold swamps or wet pine woods: Waterford 

 (Graves), Norwich (Mrs. E. E. Rogers), Manchester (A. 

 W. Driggs), Cromwell (F. K. Hallock), Windsor (Weath- 

 erby), Plainville (J. N. Bishop), Oxford (Harger), Win- 

 chester (Andrews & Harger), Barkhamsted (C. S. Phelps), 

 Cornwall (E. E. Brewster), Salisbury (Mrs. C. S. Phelps). 

 May — June. 



All the species of this genus are parasitic upon other plants 

 and are destitute of green parts. 



Corallorrhiza maculata Raf. (spotted). 

 Corallorrhiza multiHora Nutt. 

 Corallorrhiza multiHora Nutt., var. Havida Peck. 

 Large Coral Root. 



Occasional to frequent. Rich woods, usually in leaf-mold. 

 July — Sept. The form with yellow flowers occurs at Plain- 

 ville (H. S. Clark), and Salisbury (Mrs. C. S. Phelps). 



Corallorrhiza odontorhiza Nutt. (having a toothed root). 

 Coral Root. Crawley Root. Dragon's Claw. Chicken-toes. 



Rich woods either moist or dry. Occasional in southern 

 Connecticut, becoming rare in northern districts. Mid-Aug. — 

 Oct. 



The rootstock is medicinal. 



