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4. Blephariglottis leucophaea (Nutt.) Rydb. Prairie White 



Fringed-orchis. Stem stout, angled, 20-32 in. high; leaves 

 lanceolate, 4-8 in. long; flowers large, white, fragrant, 

 sometimes tinged with green, in a very thick loosely-flowered 

 spike, 3-4 J^ in. long; lip 6-7 lines long, the segments 

 broadly wedge-shaped and copiously fringed. A tall plant 

 with white fragrant flowers growing on moist prairies. 

 Auglaize County. 



5. Blephariglottis psycodes (L.) Rydb. Smaller Purple Fringed- 



orchis. Stem rather slender, 12-4U in. high; leaves oval, 

 elliptic, or lanceolate, 2-10 in. long; flowers lilac, rarely 

 white, fragrant, in a loosely or densely many-flowered 

 raceme; lip, 3^-4^ in. broad, the segments fan-shaped 

 and copiously fringed. A tall showy plant growing in mead- 

 ows and wet woods. Medina, Erie, Cuyahoga, Ashtabula, 

 Miami, Columbiana, Richland, Auglaize, Franklin, and 

 Hocking Counties. 



6. Blephariglottis peramoena (Gr.) Rydb. Fringeless Purple 



Orchis. Stem 12-2.S in. high; leaves elliptic or lanceolate, 

 4-8 in. long, the upper gradually smaller; flowers large, 

 showy, violet-purple, in a densely or rather loosely many- 

 flowered spike; lip 7-9 lines long, the segments fan-shaped, 

 cut-toothed, not fringed, the middle one 2-lobed. A tall 

 showy plant growing in moist meadows. Perry, Gallia, 

 and Clermont Counties. 



Pogonia Juss. 

 Mostly low herbs with slender rhizomes, fibrous roots, alter- 

 nate leaves, and solitary terminal flowers; lip erect from the 

 base of the column, spurless, crested. 



1. Pogonia ophioglossoides (L.) Ker. Rose Pogonia. Stem 

 12-1 5 3.4 in. high, 1-3 leaved, not rarely with a long-petioled 

 basal leaf; leaves 1—10 in. long, lanceolate or ovate, erect, 

 bluntly acute; flowers pale rose-color, fragrant, slightly 

 nodding, solitary or occasionally in pairs, subtended by a 

 foliaceous bract; lip 2-3 lines wide, fringed. A striking 

 ■ looking plant with rose-colored flowers, growing in meadows 

 and swamps. Lucas, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Ashland, Portage, 

 Licking and Lorain Counties. 



Isotria Raf. 



Low herbs, with a rhizome, fibrous roots, terminal flowers, 



and 5 leaves in a whorl near the top of the plant ; lip erect from 



the base of the column, crested, spurless, sessile. 



1. Isotria verticellata (Willd.) Raf. Whorled Isotria. Stem 



10-12 in. high, from long fleshy roots; leaves 33^-23^ in. 



long, obovate, abruptly pointed at apex, sessile; flower sol- 



