PINK AND ROSE-COLORED FLOWERS 
GROUP IX 
Leaves neither opposite nor whorled, simple. Herbs 
not in spike, head, or raceme. 
Flowers 
Knotgrass is on page 218, with the other Polygontims. 
Philadelphia Fleabane {Erigeron philadelphicus). Com- 
posite family. June to August. 
A perennial averaging two feet; flower-heads (one-half to 
one inch) suggesting small daisies, with narrow pistillate rays. 
Leaves oblong with broad midrib; upper clasping the stem. 
Moist ground. 
Grass Pink ( Calopogon pulchellus) . Orchis family. 
June, July. 
A delicate and fragrant orchis rising from a solid bulb to the 
height of a foot. An old writer has said: " At the top grow 
the flowers, resembling in shape the 
dead carkasse of a Bee." Several 
(one inch) flowers in a terminal clus- 
ter; lip bearded. The single leaf is 
grass-like, growing at the base. Wet 
places. Greek name signifying beau- 
tiful beard, referring to the lip. 
Showy Orchis (Orchis spectabilis) . 
Orchis family. May. 
A low orchis with angled leafless 
stem. The flowers (one inch) appear 
two-lipped, the upper lip pink, the 
lower white, prolonged into a spur; 
the apparent upper lip is formed of 
united petals and sepals. The leaves 
(two) are from the root, long and 
shiny (with bracts on the stems resembling leaves). Woods. 
SHOWY ORCHCS 
{OrcAis spectaiilis) 
