300 Class XX. Order I. 



CTNANDRIA. 



MONANDRIJl, 



241. ORCHIS. 

 ORCHIS PSYCODES. Willd. Rugged Orchis. 



Lip three parted, capillary, many cleft ; petals 

 obtuse ; spur filiform-club shaped, as long as the 

 germ. Willd. 



Sijn. ORCHIS LACERA. Mich. 



This is our most common species. Stem two feet high., 

 smooth. Leaves oblong, smooth, tapering to a point. Flowers 

 numerous, of a faint yellow, in a large, terminal spike. Germs 

 appearing like flower stalks, very long and slender. Petals 

 five, the three outer ones ovate, the two inner ones oblong. Lip 

 of the nectary reflexcd, divided into three narrow, wedge shap- 

 ed segments, fringed at the end. Spur as long as the germ, 

 curving upward. Pastures and meadows. July. Perennial. 



ORCHIS FIMBRIATA. Ait. Fimbriated Orchis. 



Lip three parted, its segments wedge shaped, 

 ciliate-fimbriate ; side petals ovate, toothed ; spur 

 filiform, longer than the club shaped germ. Willd. 



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. 

 Petals five, spreading. Lip of the nectary somewhat exceed- 

 ing the petals, divided into three segments, which are wedge 

 shaped, wider than in the last species, spreading like a fan, and 

 fringed at the edge. Spur considerably longer than the gernru 

 Meadows. July. Perennial. 



