oblong to lanceolate, ... In swamps and marshes, On- 
tario to Minnesota and Louisiana. ** Later, in 1933 (Man. 
Southeastern F'l., p. 871), despite the fact that Orchis 
flava was originally described from Virginia, Small gave 
its distribution as ‘*. .. various provinces rarely E of Blue 
Ridge, La. to Minn., Ont., and N. S.’’ 
It is of interest to note that a specimen in the Ames 
Herbarium from Franklin Co., Vermont (22. Brainerd) 
has flowers whose lip is narrowly linear-oblong and entire 
or with only an incipient tooth on one or both sides at 
the base. 
Variety herbiola is distinguished from the typical form 
of the species in that the plant is more robust and the 
usually broader leaves, which may be as many as five, 
extend further up the stem. The raceme is also more 
compact with the longer floral bracts often much exceed- 
ing the flowers. The characteristically oblong-quadrate, 
instead of ovate to suborbicular, lip of var. herbiola which 
is longer than wide is a distinctive feature by which to 
separate these two entities. 
Variety herbiola is found in the same type of habitat 
as the typical form. However, it is sometimes found in 
dry sterile soil and dry sedge marshes. It is now known 
to occur from Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebee and 
Ontario through New England, New York and Pennsyl- 
vania to Maryland, south along the Allegheny Mountains 
through West Virginia and Virginia to North Carolina 
and ‘Tennessee, westward through Ohio, Indiana, Llinois 
and Wisconsin to Minnesota and Missouri. 
Habenaria viridis (L.) R. Brown var. bracteata 
(Muhl.) 4.Gray Man. Bot. Northern U.S. ed. 5 (1867) 
200. 
Orchis bracteata Muhlenburg in Willdenow Sp. Pl. 4 
(1805) 84. 
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