. Wild flowers of Canada [microform]. Wild flowers; Flowers; Botany; Fleurs sauvages; Fleurs; Botanique. 1 Iforitr, â¢*atrau* tktrr-hhhfd aid freslfit. JKRHAI'S the most handsome of our sjiocics of roRonia is the Divnricata. Though not as showy as the Suakc-mouthed PoKouia, it is more (leHcate. and the flower is mi>re strikingly odd in its structure. Tlie stem is taller than in the other species, sometimes attaininjj the height of two feet. It l)cars two leaves, the upper close under the flower. The latter nods solitary at the smnmit of the stalk. It is larger than the blossom
. Wild flowers of Canada [microform]. Wild flowers; Flowers; Botany; Fleurs sauvages; Fleurs; Botanique. 1 Iforitr, â¢*atrau* tktrr-hhhfd aid freslfit. JKRHAI'S the most handsome of our sjiocics of roRonia is the Divnricata. Though not as showy as the Suakc-mouthed PoKouia, it is more (leHcate. and the flower is mi>re strikingly odd in its structure. Tlie stem is taller than in the other species, sometimes attaininjj the height of two feet. It l)cars two leaves, the upper close under the flower. The latter nods solitary at the smnmit of the stalk. It is larger than the blossom of any other American s])ecics. It is not so brightly colored as that of Pogonia Ophioglossoides. The sepals are long and narrow, brown in color, while in the Snake-mouthed Pogouia they are of the same hue as the jjctals. The petals in Pogonia Divaricata are pale flesh-color, and do not spread widely like the .sei)als. The lip is also pale pink, more or spotted with yellow-green. The edges are slightly inrolled, giving it a i>eculiar trough-shape. It bears a raised line or crest along the center. Pogonia Divaricata is mostly a pine-barren plant of the coastal plain, throwing in either moist or dry soil. It has also lx;en met witii on oak- covtred ridges in the interior of the continent and straying norlhwanl. ii« YELLOW FOX-GLOVE. PI,ATB 338. DASYSTOMA PEDICULARIA. (FIGWORT FAMILY.) I'suativ itttnuitl: viicid glandular pHhtiCfHt; ilem rtnt. tt'tdflv hramhfd, Ifixfy: lfa\fs miaU in ou/liitf. the tippf* ritturts on ilrndf. a i illiit v pfdkntlfs ; toiitlla itlr/^r. Ktmpanntatf, ttt'i'-lippi\l. thnmt titn,rf*/ate. fiinnatiAd. the liihei fiinntitefv tmtthed, upfieimnst miii fi imltv, \tiimeni /iiui in piiin, iinthei * ACH season of the circling year floats a hue all its own in its bannerets of field and wiMxlland. In early spring, white and delicate shades of pink and blue are the nii^'^st colors of the sweetly sinii)le dress worn by the first wild flowers.
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