52 FLORA OF GRAND RAPIDS. 



ORCHIS L. 



424. 0. spectabilis L. Showy OichiB. 



Kicli woods and ravines. Mid-May-M id-June. 

 Tubb's woods, IScc. 2ii, Grand Kaj)ids (O.ll.); ^\r. Gormlcy's 

 woods, Sec. 2, Walker; East St. Pinery; south branch of ].ara- 

 berton Creek, south of llic Kna])}) Koad (INI iss Minnie Dressier). 

 Rare in the State. 



POQONIA Juss. 



425. P. ophioglossoides (L.) Ker. 

 Sphagnous bogs; infrequent. July. 



Morgan Lake; Button Lake; Spruce Lake; Miller's Lake; 

 ThonipFon's Lake; Mud Lake, Plriinfiold; Mud Lake, Wright. 

 White flowered forms have been found at Saddle-Bag Swamp. 



426. P. verticillata Nutt, 



This rare species was collected in a ravine in the north addi- 

 tion to John Ball Park, City, by Miss Lucy S. Norton, June 6, 

 1893. Although this region has since been searched many times 

 even by Miss Norton herself, it has never been rediscovered. 

 Prof. C F. Wheeler, in speaking of the incident says: "It some- 

 times happens that this species disappears for two or three sea- 

 sons and then reappears on the same spot." Miss Norton report- 

 ed several plants at this station. The specimens collected are 

 in the herbarium of Mrs. Hattie M. Bailey Pieters. 



SPiRANTHES L. C. Richard. Ladies' Tkessks. 

 Gyrostachys Pers. 

 421. S. cernua L. C. Richard. 



Wet meadows; frequent. Aug.-Sept. 

 428. S. gracilis Beck. 



On a dry bank, west of the D. G. H. & M. Ry. Junction (R.E. 

 Matteson), Aug., 1893. Rare. 

 S. Romanzoffiana Cham. 

 In wet ground near Pratt Lake, Lowell. Aug.-Sept. 

 It probably occurs in our district. A northern plant. 



