——Calopogon pulchellus.
Found in swamps and wet grounds, in July.
The smooth, green, flower-stem rises directly from the root, to the height of about a foot.
One grass-like, green leaf grows from the root.
The lower petal of the blossom is wedge-shaped, with a prolonged base, and somewhat fringy in the center,—owing to the straightness of the foot-stem it points upward; the other petals and calyx-parts are pointed-oval in shape; the pistil is petal-like, and curling. The color of the flower is dark magenta, the fringes on the lip being magenta and yellow. From 2 to 6 flowers, on very short foot-stems, grow upon the single stem.
The lip is provided with a hinge, which permits it to fall, and rest upon the curling tip of the pistil beneath.