The wood is very hard, close-grained, and tough, and is used as a substitute for boxwood in the making of bobbins and shuttles for weaving, and also in cabinet-work.
MILK-WHITE REIN-ORCHIS.
Habenaria leucostachys, Wats. Orchis Family.
Root.—A fusiform tuber. Stems.—One to four feet high; leafy throughout. Leaves.—Lanceolate; diminishing upward. Flowers.—Bright white, in a spike. Perianth segments.—Two or three lines long. Lip.—Four lines long, with a slender spur four to six lines long. Anther.—On the column just above the stigma. Ovary.—One-celled. Hab.—Mountains throughout California.
From July to September we may look for the milk-white rein-orchis in moist meadows. It is especially abundant in the Sierras, where its charmingly fragrant, pure-white spikes are particularly effective against the lush green of the alpine meadows.
[MILK-WHITE REIN-ORCHIS—Habenaria leucostachys.]
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