. Studies of plant life in Canada, or, Gleanings from forest, lake and plain [microform]. Plants; Botany; Plantes; Botanique. IV/IJ), OK NATIVE F/.0U'/:A'.S. 73 CtRAss-VmK Qt/(>/>(f^vfi />u/c/ie//ns, (K. Br.) (PLATE Vn.) Our open, si)rin',y Pojjlar flats, partially shaded by Aspen shrubs and wild grasses, afford shelter to many a rare Orchid. 'Ihe warm rays of the sun acting on the moist, boggy soil, (juicken into life and loveliness one of the most ornamental of our Orchidaceous plants. In the month of July we find that very beautiful flower, the (Irass-l'ink, or Calopo^on. Its flowe
. Studies of plant life in Canada, or, Gleanings from forest, lake and plain [microform]. Plants; Botany; Plantes; Botanique. IV/IJ), OK NATIVE F/.0U'/:A'.S. 73 CtRAss-VmK Qt/(>/>(f^vfi />u/c/ie//ns, (K. Br.) (PLATE Vn.) Our open, si)rin',y Pojjlar flats, partially shaded by Aspen shrubs and wild grasses, afford shelter to many a rare Orchid. 'Ihe warm rays of the sun acting on the moist, boggy soil, (juicken into life and loveliness one of the most ornamental of our Orchidaceous plants. In the month of July we find that very beautiful flower, the (Irass-l'ink, or Calopo^on. Its flowers are little known, and may indeed truly be said to waste their sweetness i,' the desert air. From a round, solid corm, about a quarter of an inch in diameter, rises a bright green sword-shaped leaf, which clasps at its base a tall scape, bearing a loose four to eight-flowered raceme of elegant rose or lilac-coloured flowers. The lower blossoms open first. The form of the flower is peculiar; the concave upper petal or lip is bearded with yellow and i)urple hairs arching over the column, wiiich is winged and free. The bright reddish-purple sepals and petals are pointed and fragrant : the scape rises to the height of from eighteen inches to two feet. .\ bed of these elegant flowers, when in bloom, is a charming sight. Another of our Orchids is the lovely and rare Arctlutsa bulbosa^ (L) the flower of which is no less remarkable for the beauty of its form and rich colouring than the Calopogon. The colour of the ringent corolla is of a deep, rich rose-purple, and it is very sweetly scented ; the scape has occasionally one grassy leaf. Not less singular is the charming Calypso l>orealis(?>a\hh.)Qr Bird's-foot Orchis, with its graceful, deliciously-sceuted, pendulous flowers, and crested lip, bearded with yellow and pink, and its narrow, twisted and waved, pale pink sepals and petals; the scape is garnished with one oval shield-shaped shining leaf of dark glossy green. It flowe
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