ORCHIDACEAE 369 
m. long: petals reflexed, 7-8 mm. long: lip nearly linear, 12-15 mm. long, 
about 1.5 em. long. [Platanthera 
D-LEAF ORCHID.)— Woods, Blue Ridge 
and more northern provinces, Ga. to Minn., Wash., Alas., Ont., and Newf.—Sum. 
6. BLEPHARIGLOTTIS Raf. Caulescent herbs, the stem leafy. Flowers 
a terminal spike. ee white, yellow, orange, purple, Or violet- -purple. 
Sepals spreading or reflexe etals to or lacerate. 
lobed, us lobes too edie or lacini ate. Spur 
with a separated sacs, their narrow en like bases supported on the arms 
of the stigma, projecting forward and upward. ands naked.—About 10 
species, a North American.—Sum.—F RINGE-ORCHID 
Petals fringed at the apex: lip not 3-lobed. 
Lip m n T than 8 mm. long: petals slightly shorter 
than 1. B.cristata. 
Lip mostly aves 10 mm. long: petals about % as long as 
ip. 
Perianth white. 
Lip with long fringe: spur about as long as the 
ovary. 2. B. Blephariglottis. 
Lip Dn IM fringe: spur about twice as long as 
the 3. B. conspicua. 
Perianth yellow or orang 
Petals spatulate: EJ fringed all around. 4. B. ciliaris. 
Petals oe with 2 basal tufts and a termi- 
nal fri b. B. Chapmanii. 
Petals entire, cr i or merely erose: lip 3-lobe 
Petals entire, ean lip with narrow lobes. 6. B. lacera. 
Petals crenulate o r erose, dilated upward : lip with dilated 
obes. 
Perianth white: petals with AT ero ae blades. T. B. leucophaea. 
Perianth lilac or violet-purple (albin ccur) : petals 
not flabellate-dilated. 
Lobes of the lip fimbriate or fringed: petal-blade 
toothed on the sides 
Lip 14-2 m. long: Jateral sepals 9-11 mm. 
long: petals s 9-12 mm 8. B. grandiflora. 
Lip 7- 1m m. long: lateral sepals 5-6 mm. long: 
petals 5- T mm 9. B. psycodes. 
Es p the lip incised « a PEIUS petal-blade toothed . 
t the tip or entire. 10. B. peramoena. 
1. B. cristata n Raf. Stem 2-6 dm. tall: leaf-blades linear- i 
PLA perianth orange: lateral sepals orbicular-ova 
long: petals euneate, about 3.5 mm. long, t 
lp subor bienla T 
ong, de 
Plain and rarely adj. iue ces, 
to La., Ark., Tenn., and Mas 
2. B. Blephariglottis (Willd.) Rydb. 
—9 dm. tall: leaf-blades oblong- 
te to E 10-25 em. 
i : lateral Tu A 
obovate, 5-7 
a cuneate, 
apex: 
T 
ed: 0-2 
dora NC Hook. | (Ware FRINGE-ORCHID. | PLUME-OF- 
