WHITE OR WHITISH FLOWERS 
GROUP XVI 
Leaves alternate, simple. Herbs. Flowers in raceme or spike. 
Green Wood Orchis ( Habenaria trideniata) . Orchis 
family. June, July. 
Has a long leaf and one or two smaller, a three-lobed lip and 
twisted spur. Woods. White Fringed Orchis (H. blephari- 
glottis) has a broad spike, fringed lip, spur long and slender. 
Habena, rein. Lizard's Tail {Saururus cernuus) (Pepper family) 
blooms June to August ; a two-foot perennial with heart-shaped 
leaves, nodding spike; five stamens, no petals. Spring Cress 
(Carddmine bulbbsa) (Mustard family), a low perennial with 
bulbous root, grows in the wet; four petals. April to June. 
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LIZARD'S TAIL 
(Sdururus cernuus) 
SPRING CRESS 
( Cardamina iu/iosa) 
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