GENUS 12. 



ORCHID FAMILY. 



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7. Blephariglottis psycodes (L.) Rydb. Smaller Purple-fringed Orchis. 



Fig- 1379- 



Orchis psycodes L. Sp. PI. 943. 1753. 

 Orchis fimbriata Ait. Hort. Kew. 3 : 297. 1789. 

 Habenaria psycodes Spreng. Syst. 3: 693. 1826. 

 Blephariglottis psycodes Rydb. in Britton, Man. 296. 1901. 



Stem rather slender, i-3 high. Leaves oval, 

 elliptic or lanceolate, 2'-io' long, 8"-3' wide, the 

 upper smaller; raceme 2'-6' long, I'-ii' thick, loosely 

 or densely several-many-flowered ; flowers lilac, 

 rarely white, fragrant; lower sepals ovate, obtuse, 

 about 4" long, the upper one a little narrower; petals 

 oblong or oblanceolate, toothed on the upper margin ; 

 lip 3-parted, 4"-6" broad, the segments fan-shaped 

 and copiously fringed, the fringe of the middle seg- 

 ment shorter than that of the lateral ones ; spur 

 somewhat clavate at the apex, about 8" long, longer 

 than the ovary. 



In meadows, swamps and wet woods, Newfoundland 

 to Minnesota, North Carolina and Tennessee. Pink- 

 fringed or flaming-orchis. Soldier's-plume. July-Aug. 



8. Blephariglottis peramoena (A. Gray) Rydb. 



Fig. 1380. 



Fringeless Purple Orchis. 



Orchis fissa Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 589. 1814. Not Willd. 

 1805. 



H. peramoena A. Gray, Am. Journ. Sci. 38 : 310. 1840. 

 B. peramoena Rydb. in Britton, Man. 297. 1901. 



Stem i-2j high. Leaves elliptic or lanceolate, 

 4'-8' long, i'-ii' wide, the upper gradually smaller; 

 spike 2'-7' long, i'-2i' thick, many-flowered ; flowers 

 showy, violet-purple; lateral sepals round-ovate, 

 3"-4" long, the upper one smaller; petals smaller, 

 round-obovate, clawed, entire, or slightly erose; lip 

 7"-io" long, 3-parted, the segments fan-shaped, cut- 

 toothed, not fringed, the middle one 2-lobed ; spur 

 about as long as the ovary, curved, clavate; anther- 

 sacs widely divergent, little separated; glands or- 

 bicular, oblique. 



In moist meadows, New Jersey to Illinois, Missouri, 

 Virginia, Alabama and Tennessee. Great purple orchis. 

 July-Aug. 



13. POGONIA Juss. Gen. PI. 65. 1789. 



Mostly low herbs, the flowers terminal, solitary, the leaves alternate. Sepals and petals 

 separate, erect or ascending. Lip erect from the base of the column, spurless. Column 

 elongated, club-shaped at the summit. Anther terminal, stalked, attached to the back of the 

 column, its sacs parallel ; pollinia 2, I in each sac, powdery-granular, without a caudicle. 

 Stigma a flattened disk below the anther. Capsule oblong or ovoid, erect. [Greek, bearded, 

 from the bearded lip of the type species.] 



A few species of the north temperate zone ; only the following known in North America. Type 

 species : Arethusa ophioglossoides L. 



Sepals and petals nearly equal and alike ; lip bearded. 

 Sepals longer and narrower than the petals ; lip not bearded. 



1. P. ophioglossoides. 



2. P. divaricata. 



