BOGBEAN 



Menyanthes trifoliata Linnaeus 



This lovely flower is well protected from molestation by admir- 

 ing visitors, for it grows in cold swamps or such wet places that 

 rubber boots are a necessity if good specimens are to be obtained. 

 Usually it is associated with thick beds of sphagnum. The white 

 flowers, tinged with pink or purple and glistening in the sun, seem 

 to vie with the bog orchids in beauty. The plant springs from a thick 

 underground rootstock. It belongs to the small Bogbean Family, 

 which is closely related to, and by many authors included in, the 

 Gentian Family. 



The range of the bogbean is wide, for it extends from New Jersey 

 and West Virginia to Nebraska and California, and northward to 

 Greenland and Alaska. It is found also in Europe and Asia. 



The specimen sketched was collected in a cold bog near the motor 

 road from Lake Louise to Moraine Lake, Alberta, Canada, at an alti- 

 tude of 5,500 feet. 



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