20 Pogonia ophioglossoides.
second stem-leaf. All the parts of the flower peach-blossom-red, the
lower lip fimbriated; germ three-fourths of an inch long. Pursh states
that the flowers are sometimes white—this I hare never seen. Grows
in wet meadows, bogs and morasses, from Canada to Louisiana, common.
Flowers in June and July.
This simply formed and beautiful little plant is the second of Mr.
Brown’s genus figured in this work. It is one of the commonest of
our bog plants, and thrives in pots filled with bog-earth kept in the
shade. In this manner the flowers improve in beauty, and indeed the
whole plant becomes somewhat more robust. Much care however is
required to renew the earth when exhausted—otherwise the roots
perish.
The table represents the plant of its natural size.
