460 ORCHIDACEJA. (ORCHIS FAMILY.) 
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crenulate at the apex and bearing a tooth-like appendage at the throat; spur 
club-shaped, mostly shorter than the short ovary. (Orchis flava, L. O. fuces- 
cens, and O. bidentata, Ell.) — Low shady banks, Florida, and northward. July 
and Aug. — Stem 1° high. Flowers 2" in diameter. 
3. P. bracteata, Torr. Lower leaves obovate, the others smaller, lanceo- 
late; flowers small, greenish ; sepals and narrow petals erect ; lip oblong-linear, 
slightly 3-toothed at the tip, longer than the obtuse sac-like spur. (Orchis 
viridis, Pursh.)— High mountains of Carolina, Pursh.— Stem low. Bracts 
large, conspicuous. 
* * Lip undivided, fringed : flowers spiked : stems leafy. 
4. P. ciliaris, Lindl. Leaves numerous, the lower ones (4/-12! long) 
lanceolate or oblong, the upper small and bract-like: spikes oval or oblong, 
rather loosely flowered; flowers large, bright yellow; lateral sepals round- 
obovate, reflexed ; petals lanceolate, incised or slightly fringed at the apex; lip ' 
clawed, roundish in outline, long-fringed ; spur filiform, commonly longer than 
the long tapering ovary. (Orchis ciliaris, L.) — Var. BLEPHARIGLOTTIS (Or- 
chis blephariglottis, Willd.) has white flowers, and shorter fringe of the lip.— 
Swamps and bogs, chiefly in the pine barrens, Florida, and northward. Aug.— 
Stem 14°- 20 high. Spike 1j/ -2/in diameter. Ovary 9/-15" long. Flow- 
ers 6! — 8" wide. . , 
5. P. cristata, Lindl. Leaves numerous, the lower ones (4'-8' long) 
lanceolate, the uppermost bract-like ; spike oblong or cylindrical, densely flow- 
ered ; flowers small, yellow ; lateral sepals rounded, spreading, concave; P 
oblong, incised at the apex ; lip sessile, ovate in outline, pinnatifid-fringed ; spur 
filiform, half as long as the tapering ovary. (Orchis cristata, Miche.) — Bogs 
and swamps, Florida, and northward. Aug. — Stem 19-29 high. Spike I m 
diameter. Ovary 5” — 6" long. Flowers 2! — 3! wide. 
eH Lip 3-parted, fringed or denticulate : flowers in spiked racemes : stem leafy. 
+— Flowers yellowish-white. ne 
6. P. lacera, Gray. Stem slender; lower leaves oblong, the upperm : 
small, passing into the lanceolate bracts ; raceme oblong, loosely flowered be 
als oblong-linear, entire; lip pendent, the wedge-shaped lobes deeply div "d 
into few spreading capillary filaments; spur as long as the ovary. dese 
cera, Michx.) — Swamps and low ground in the upper districts, and north 
 July.— Stem 19-29 high. Lower leaves 3/- 6/long. Raceme 3! - 5! long. 
NM + + Flowers purple: lip clawed. cR 
. ^. P. psycodes, Gray. Stem stout; lower leaves lanceolate or — 
‘the upper small, passing into the linear-subulate bracts; flowers pale P 
crowded in a dense oblong raceme ; lateral sepals roundish, obtuse; pend 
vate, minutely denticulate at the apex; lip nearly twice as long 85 = 
preading, the wedge-s i rt fri Orchis psy 
ibm, Bee haped lobes bordered with a short fringe. bo - Ai. 2 
Lower leaves 3-6! long. Flowers very numerous d 
