96 Calopogon pulchellus.
seven nerves, and sheathing the scape towards the base; sometimes,
but rarely, there are two radical leaves. Scape about twelve or fifteen
inches high, erect, flexuose at the upper part, bearing but two or three
flowers, rarely five, and only one in bloom at a time. Flowers singular
and handsome, rose-red. Lip erect, obcordately dilated at the
apex, and narrowed at base. Petals acute. Column dependent and
incurved, also rose-red. Grows in morasses, along the edges of
swamps, and near watery thickets in bog-soil; not unfrequent; flowering
in June.
This is one of the species of Mr. Brown’s genus Calopogon native
to the United States.
The table represents the plant cut asunder, as large as nature.
