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ORCHIDACEAE. 



VOL. I. 



4. Blephariglottis lacera (Michx.) Farwell. Ragged or Green-fringed Orchis. 



Fig. 1376. 



Orchis lacera Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 156. 1803. 

 Habenaria lacera R. Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. i : 312. 



1810. 

 B. lacera Farwell, Ann. Rep. Mich. Acad. Sci. 2 : 42. 



1901. 



Stem rather slender, i-2 high. Leaves firm, 

 lanceolate, 5 '-8' long, io"-i8" wide, the upper gradu- 

 ally smaller; spike 2'-6' long, loose; flowers greenish 

 yellow ; sepals ovate, obtuse, about 3" long, the 

 upper one a little broader than the others, petals 

 linear, entire, obtuse, about as long as the sepals ; 

 lip 3-parted, the segments narrow, deeply fringed, 

 the fringe of a few threads about i' long; spur 7"-8" 

 long, curved, shorter than the ovary, clavate at the 

 apex ; anther-sacs divergent at the base, their bases 

 beaked and projecting upward; glands oblong-linear, 

 hyaline, as long as the caudicle. 



In swamps and wet woods, Newfoundland to Minne- 

 sota, south to Georgia and Arkansas. June-July. 

 Hybridizes with B. psycodes. 



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5. Blephariglottis leucophaea (Nutt. ) Farwell. 



Prairie White-fringed Orchis. Fig. 1377. 

 Orchis leucophaea Nutt. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. (II.) 5: 161. 



Habenaria leucophaea A. Gray, Man. Ed. 5, 502. 1867. 



B. leucophaea Farwell, Ann. Rep. Mich. Acad. Sci. 2 : 42. 

 1901. 



Stem stout, angled, i3-22 high. Leaves lanceolate, 

 4/-S' long; spike 3 '-5' long, very thick, loosely flowered; 

 flow T ers large, white, fragrant, sometimes tinged with 

 green ; sepals broadly ovate ; petals obovate, minutely 

 cut toothed, about 3" long ; lip 3-parted, 6"-7" long, 

 the segments broadly wedge-shaped and copiously 

 fringed; spur I'-iF long, longer than the ovary; 

 anther-sacs widely diverging at the base ; caudicles long 

 and slender ; glands transversely oval ; ovary often 

 recurved. 



On moist prairies, Nova Scotia to Minnesota, Kentucky, 

 Louisiana and Nebraska. Western greenish-fringed orchis. 



July. 



6. 



Blephariglottis grandiflora (Bigel.) Rydb. Large or Early Purple-fringed 



Orchis. Meadow-pink. Fig. 1378. 



Orchis fimbriata Willd. Sp. PL 4 : 39. 1805. Not Dryand. 

 1789. 



Habenaria grandiflora Torr. Comp. 319. 1826. 

 Orchis grandiflora Bigel. Fl. Bost. Ed. 2, 321. 1824. 

 Habenaria fimbriata A. Gray, Man. Ed. 5, 503. 1867. 

 B. grandiflora Rydb. in Britton, Man. 296. 1901. 



Stem i-S high. Leaves oval or lanceolate, 4/-IO 

 long, io"-3' wide, obtuse, or the upper smaller and 

 acute; raceme 3'-is' long, s'ometimes 2.\' thick, 

 densely flowered ; flowers lilac or purplish, some- 

 times white or nearly so, fragrant ; upper sepal and 

 petals erect, connivent ; petals oblong or oblanceolate, 

 more or less toothed, long; lip 3-parted, J'-l' 

 broad, about i' long, the segments broadly fan- 

 shaped, copiously fringed to about the middle, anther- 

 sacs divergent at the base; glands orbicular, turned 

 inward; spur filiform, clavate, i'-i-j' long. 



In rich woods and meadows, Newfoundland to On- 

 tario, south to North Carolina. Perhaps a large-flowered 

 race of the following species. Tattered fringed orchis. 

 June-Aug. 



