OKCHIDACE^. (OKCHIS FAMILY.) 509 



{jieUow)flowers ; spike oblong or cyliudrical ; petals rounded, crenate ; lip ovate^ 

 irith a lacerate-frimjed margin, scarce! ij shorter than the slender ol)tuse incurved 

 spur, which is not half the length of the ovary. — Bogs, N. J. to Fla. July. 

 Flowers very much smaller than in the next. 



12. H. Ciliaris, li. Br. (Yellow Fringed-Orchis.) Stem 1|- 2° high; 

 leaves oblong or lanceolate ; the upper passing into pointed bracts, which are 

 shorter than the ovaries ; spike oblong, rather closely many-flowered ; flowers 

 bright orange-ijellow ; lateral sepal rounded, reflexed ; petals linear, cut-fringed 

 at the apex ; lip oblong (6" long), about half the length of the spur furnished with 

 3 verij long and copious capillar g fringe. — Wet sandy places, N. Eng. to Fla. 

 and Tex., west to Mich, and Ind. Our most handsome sjjecies. 



13. H. blephariglottis, Torr. (White Fringed-Orchis.) Stem 1° 

 high ; leaves, etc., as in the last ; flowers white, rather smaller , petals spatulate, 

 usually slightly cut or toothed at the apex ; lip ovate- or lanceolate-oblong, 

 with the irregular capillary fringe of the margins usually shorter than its disk, 

 one third the length of the spur. — Peat bogs and borders of ponds, Newf . to 

 N. J., west to Mich, and Minn. July. — Var. holopetala, Torr., has nar- 

 rower petals with the toothing obsolete, and the lip less fringed. 



H- -t- (Greenish Fringed-Orchis.) Lip 3-parted above the stalk-like base, the 

 divisions cut into capillary fringes : flowers greenish- or gellowish-ichite ; 

 anther-cells not very divergent, the beaked bases )>rojecting forward ; the 

 large glands oval or lanceolate, nearly facing each other; ovary short- 

 tapering above ; spurs long, clavate. 



14. H. leucophsea, Gray. Stem 2 - 4° high ; leaves oblong-lanceolate ; 

 the bracts similar, rather shorter than the (large, fragrant) flowers; spike 

 commonly elongated, loose; petals obovate, minutely cut -toothed ; divisions of 

 the lip (7-10" long) broadly icedge-shaped or fan-shaped, many-cleft to the 

 middle into a copious thread-like fringe ; spur longer than the ovary (1-1|' 

 long) ; glands transversely oval. — Moist meadows, western N. Y. to Ky., Mo., 

 and Minn. July. 



15. H. lacera, R. Br. (Ragged Fringed-Orchis.) Leaves oblong or 

 lanceolate ; raceme loosely many-flowered ; petals oblong-linear, entire ; divis- 

 ions of the lip narrow, deeply parted into a few long nearly capillary lobes ; spur 

 about the length of the ovary ; glands oblong-linear, as long as the stalk of the 

 pollen-mass. — Bogs and moist thickets, N. Scotia to N. C. and Ga., west to 

 Minn, and Mo. ; common. July. 



+- -I- t- (Purple Fringed-Orchis.) Lip fan-shaped, S-parted above the stalk- 

 like base, the divisions erosely fringed ; flowers purple; anther-cells widely 

 separated, little divergent, the orbicular glands oblique ; ovary contracted 

 only at the summit ; the lona curving spur somewhat clavate. 



16. H. psycodes, Gray. Leaves oblong or lanceolate, the uppermost 

 passing into liriear-lauceolate bracts; raceme cylindrical, densely many-flow- 

 ered ; lower sepals round-oval, obtuse ; petals wedge-obovate or spatulate, dentic- 

 ulate above; divisions of the spreading lip broadly wedge-shaped, many-cleft 

 into a short fringe. — Wet meadows and bogs, common; Newf. to N. C, west 

 to Ind. and Minn. July, Aug. — Flowers short-pedicelled, crowded in a spike 

 of 4-10' in length, small, but very handsome, fragrant; lip short-stalked, 



