PINK AND ROSE-COLORED FLOWERS 
Twisted-stalk (Streptopus roseus). Lily family. May, June. 
A plant averaging a foot or two high, with stout stem and 
branches beset with short hairs. The flowers are axillary, 
small, not over a half -inch long, bell-shaped, generally solitary, 
pendulous, on slender stalks twisted near the middle. The 
leaves are egg-shaped, pointed, clasping. Found in the woods. 
The Greek name means twisted foot, referring to the stalk. 
Cal5rpso {Calypso hulhosa). Orchis family. May, June. 
A rare orchis of the northern bogs and damp woods. The 
flower, on a stem not over seven inches high, has petals and 
sepals about one-half inch long and a lip somewhat like the 
Lady's Slipper. The single leaf rises separately from the solid 
bulb (corm). Named after the goddess. 
Pink Lady's Slipper ( Cypripedium acaule) . Orchis family. 
May, June. 
A beautiful orchis of the open woods, still fairly common 
though too f reel}^ picked. Its average height is about ten inches. 
The flower is solitary; sepals three, pointed; lip (two inches) a 
large pendulous pouch. The leaves (two) , from the base only, 
are oval, large, sheathing at the base. The Greek name 
signifies the shoe of a Venus. 
Pale Corydalis (Corydalis sempervirens) . Ftmiitory 
family. May to June. 
A branching early biennial with delicate stem and foliage, 
maximum height two feet. The flowers (one-half inch) are 
loosely clustered, pink with yellow tips; two sepals; corolla 
with rounded spur. The final divisions of the leaflets are 
round- wedge-shaped. Rocky places. (Old Greek for crested 
lark.) 
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