An illustrated guide to the flowering plants of the middle Atlantic and New England states (excepting the grasses and sedges) the descriptive text written in familiar language . Flower showy;leaf nearly round but somewhat pointed at apex. Flower purple, pinkand yellow, somewhat resembling the flower of Cypripedium. Rare in ourregion, but found occasionally in woods. May-June. 13. CORALLORRHIZA, R. mostly without green coloring. Stem and scales brown orpurplish. Flowers in loose terminal spike. Lip 1 to 3 ridged, projectingbackward as a spur which grows fast to the ovary or which is e
An illustrated guide to the flowering plants of the middle Atlantic and New England states (excepting the grasses and sedges) the descriptive text written in familiar language . Flower showy;leaf nearly round but somewhat pointed at apex. Flower purple, pinkand yellow, somewhat resembling the flower of Cypripedium. Rare in ourregion, but found occasionally in woods. May-June. 13. CORALLORRHIZA, R. mostly without green coloring. Stem and scales brown orpurplish. Flowers in loose terminal spike. Lip 1 to 3 ridged, projectingbackward as a spur which grows fast to the ovary or which is entirelysuppressed. Petals and sepals nearly equal. Roots of coralloid branch-ing masses. Small spur or little sac or depression of lip at summit of ovary. l,ip cRK-shapcd with 2 conspicuous lateral tcctli near the base C. trifidaLii) inversely CRR-shaped, wavy or with minute teeth at the borders. C. odontorhisa Lip broadly ORg-shapcd, white with crimson spots . . C. WislcrianaLip in general outline CRR-shaped, with a conspicuous rounded lobe at each side near the base C. maculnta No spur or sac to the lip. Lip egg-shaped, with wavy border C. strtata ORCHIS FAMILY 161. ^^^ Plate 211. Listera cordata. 2. L. australis. 3. Calypso bulbosa. 4. Microstyligmonophyllos. 5. Corallorrliiza odontorhiza. G. C. trifida. 7. Microstylis uni-folia. 8. Liparis liliifolia. 9. L. Loeselii. 162 ORCHIDACEAE 1. C. trifida, Chatelain. (Fig. 6, pi. 21.) Early Coral brown, 4 to 12 in. high. Flower scape 1 to 3 in. with few (5 to10) dull purple flowers which are drooping. Petals and sepals nearlyequal; Up shorter than the petals, with a tooth on each side near thebase and a double notch at the apex, no spur except a small protuber-ance. Flower stalk very short or absent. Damp woods. Rare. June. 2. C. odontorhiza, (Willd.) Nutt. (Fig. 5, pi. 21.) Small-flow-ered CoRAL-KOOT. Stem 9 to 14 in, high, purplish. Flower scape with6 to 20 purplish drooping flowers, quite small, on flower stalks abouti
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