320 Class XX. Order I. 



A very tall species with numerous lanceolate leaves, and green 

 or whitish flowers without beauty. Common on the sides of the 

 White mountains by the margin of brooks. July. Perennial. 



ORCHIS BRACTEATA. Willd. Bracted Orchis. 



Lip linear, emarginate, obsoletely three toothed ; 



petals subconnivent, lateral ones ovate, broader; spur 



obtuse, scrotiform ; bractes twice as long as the flower. 



Root approaching to palmate ; the divisions fewer. Lower 

 leaves somewhat obovate ; upper leaves lanceolate. Bractes 

 linear-lanceolate, twice as long as the flower. Petals green, 

 ovate, converging, the two lateral ones longest. Lip green, 

 linear oblong, ending in three teeth, the middle one shortest. 

 Spur obtuse, inflated, transparent, half as long as the lip. Woods, 

 Vermont &c. June. Perennial. 



ORCHIS SPECTABILIS Willd. Shewy Orchis. 



Lip obovate, undivided, crenate, retuse ; petals 

 straight, the lateral ones longer ; spur clavate, shorter 

 than the germ ; bractes longer than the flower ; stem 

 leafless. 



A low species with large, fine flowers. Root fascicled. Leaves 

 radical, large, oval. Stem half a foot high, very acute angled. 

 Bractes lanceolate. Flowers few and among the largest of the 

 genus. Petals converging, ovate-lanceolate, purple. Lip of the 

 nectary whitish, ovate, crenate or repand, as long as the spur. 

 Spur shorter than the germ, large, white. Woods, Vermont and 

 New-Hampshire. June. 

 ORCHIS FIMBRIATA. Mt. Fimbriated Orchis. 



Lip spreading, scarcely longer than the petals, fla- 

 belliform, fimbriate, three parted, the divisions nearly 

 equal and flat ; lateral petals fimbriate-toothed, spur 

 filiform, club shaped, longer than the germ ; leaves lan- 

 ceolate. 



A very beautiful plant. Stem two feet high, with several 

 broad-lanceolate, smooth leaves, and ending in a large spike of 

 purple flowers. Germs incurved, thickened in the middle. Pe- 



