106 FLORA OF THE UPPER SUSQUEHANNA. 



Found in rich, damp woods. In aspect much like the following 

 species, for which it is probably often mistaken. ( H. Hookert 

 Torr. ) 



H. orbiculata ( Pursh.) Torr. Round-leaved Orchis. Bear's 

 Ears. Gall-of-the-Earth. Common in the eastern part of 

 our range. West of Broome county reported from Cinnamon 

 Lake only ( Lucy). Found in rich woods, usually in the shade 

 of evergreens. Leaves two, very large, roundish, flat on the 

 ground ; flowers greenish-white. June. 



H. blephariglottis (Willd.) Torr. White-Fringed Orchis. Peat 

 bog, a mile south of Ludlow swamp, in the town of Smithville, 

 Coville. Mutton-Hill Pond, Millspaugh. The only stations. 



H. lacera ( Michx. ) R. Br. Ragged-fringed Orchis. Bear swamp; 

 Ararat, Pa., Graves. Oxford, Coville. The only stations. 



H. psycodes (L.) A.Gray. Purple-fringed Orchis. Very com- 

 mon in the eastern part of our range, less so in the western. 

 Found in wet, open woods, swamps and other low grounds. 

 Stems often two feet high, leafy; spike large; flowers medium- 

 sized, rose-purple ; lip fringed. A very handsome species. June» 

 July. 



H. grandiflora (Bigel. ) Torr. Large Purple-fringed Orchis. 

 Rather rare and unequally distributed. Franklin; frequent. 

 Hoy. Susquehanna; not common, 6^r«2/^j-. Woods near Great- 

 singer's Corners; marshy meadow near Horseheads; rare, Lucy. 

 {Hfimbriata R. Br.) 



CYPRIPEDIUxM l. 



C. parviflorum Salisb. Small Yellow Lady's Slipper. Com- 

 mon, especially in upland woods. Not noted in the upper Che- 

 nango valley, Coville. Stem leafy ; flowers about an inch long, 

 bright yellow, fragrant. With us this plant is not partial to low 

 grounds. May. 



C. hirsutum Mill. Lar(;e Yellow Lady's Slipper. Less com- 

 mon than the preceding. Found growing with it, and also in 

 low grounds. Flowers larger, yellow, scentless. In aspect 

 the plant is much like C. parvijhrum. May. ( C pubescens 

 Willd. ) 



