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previous year, and as this Orchid bears from 2 to g flowers it is 
naturally more abundant than the Pogonia in their locality ; 
indeed, Meehan says, it rarely fails to perfect its seed-vessels, 
and he also calls it fragrant, a compliment that has been paid 
by Burroughs, as well; and here again I fail to agree, deriving 
much consolation from the recent editions of Gray’s Manual, 
which have dropped the adjective used in former years. The 
Adder’s-mouth or Snake-mouth Pogonia, FP. ophzoglossotdes, 
on the other hand, always has a decided odor like that of 
violets, and I recall no wild flower of as pure a pink unless it is 
the Sabbatia (chloroides). Barton’s conscientious attempts at 
description delight me, and in this case, his “‘ peach-blossom 
red” would probably satisfy most masculine admirers of the 
Pogonia. To the yellow bearded lip that makes the Arethusa 
so bright, it adds a pretty tuft of purple-pink, and if the Are- 
thusa is striking in its appearance, this Pogonia is to be praised 
for its refinement. It figures as an Arethusa, in old botanics, 
but, to recall one point of difference; in that genus, it will be 
remembered, the base of the lip adheres to the column. Gray 
mentions a “monster” flower, found in New York State, 
which had “two additional lips and some other petaloid 
parts.” The root of this species consists of long, worm-like 
fibres. 
Outside of New England, C. pulchellus ranges from Florida, 
through Arkansas and Nebraska to Minnesota, and as P. ophio- 
glossordes is found in Florida, I take it that it keeps the Calo- 
pogon company westward. I have seen specimens of this 
Pogonia from Japan, and should think it would appeal strongly 
to the native artists as a subject for caricature or realistic 
treatment, but as yet I have not recognized it on any vase 
or fan. 
In the Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 
(Vol. IX., 1863), Dr. Samuel H. Scudder gives the following ac- 
count of the fertilization of this Pogonia: “The flower is 
