1.  Aplectrum hyemale (Muhl.) Torr. PUTTY-ROOT. ADAM-AND EVE.
    Quite rare. The only specimens on record were collected by T. J. Oberlin near Grill in 1874 and 1888; they are
    now at the Reading Museum. It has been reported from Sixpenny Creek and from the Blue Mountain north of
    Shartlesville.
    Flowers in June; the leaf appears later and lasts through the winter.

2.  Calopogon pulchellus (Salisb.) R. Br. GRASS PINK.
    Rare. It has been found in bogs near Pricetown; along the Friedensburg Road near Five Points; east of
    Angelica: and near the Bethany Orphans Home, south of Womelsdorf.
     Flowers late June to mid-July.

3.  Corallorhiza maculata Raf. LARGE CORAL-ROOT.
     Occasional in woods in the hills.
     Flowers mid-July to late September.

4.  Corallorhiza odontorhiza (Willd.) Nutt. SMALL CORAL-ROOT.
     Rather frequent in woods in the hills.
     Flowers late August to mid-September.

5.  Corallorhiza wisteriana Conrad. EARLY CORAL Root.
     Apparently quite rare. Records are from woods near Oley Furnace; Gibraltar Hill; and southeast of Reiffton.
     Flowers in May.

6.  Cypripedium acaule Ait. PINK LADY’S SLIPPER. MOCCASIN FLOWER.
      Frequent in dry acid soil in pine or oak woods.
      Flowers mid- to late May.

7.  Cypripedium calceolas L., var. pubescens (Willd.) Correll. YELLOW LADY’S SLlPPER.
     Scattered, in woods in the hills.
     Flowers early to mid-May.

8.  Epipactis pubescens A.A. Eat. RATTLE-SNAKE PLANTAIN.
     Frequent in woods in the hills. Gregarious.
     Flowers late July to late August.

9.  Habenaria bracteata (Muhl.) Gray
     Known only from a specimen found in late May 1943 by David Berkheimer, in woods northeast of
     Gouglersville.

10. Habenaria ciliaris (L.) R.Br. YELLOW FRINGED ORCHIS.
     Occasional in the hills, usually in moist open places.
     A showy and beautiful plant.
     Flowers early August to mid-September.

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