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0RCHIDACEA5. (ORCHIS FAMILY.) 
Stem very leafy; leaves lanceolate, erect; spike densely many-flow- 
Unn’d ; ra ° t3 , lanceolate > ' on o er than the (greenish) flowers; 
p and petals lanceolate, somewhat equal, as long as the obtuse spur. 
( . uronensis, Lmdl.) — Peat-bogs and wet cold woods, common 
northward. June, July.-Stem 6'-2° high, strict: crowded spike 
tire not H .77 : 1 u IOng - Lip “ lon S as »P<*. obtusish, en- 
tire, not dilated at the base. 
7. p. dilatata, Lindl. (Northern White Orchis ) Leaves 
lanceolate or linear , erect; spike wand-like, densely or rather loosely- 
owered; bracts linear-lanceolate, mostly shorter than the (white or 
whuish) flowers; petals linear-lanceolate; lip linear-lanceolate from 
a rhomboid-dilated base , rather obtuse, about the length of the obtuse 
spur. Cold peat-bogs, &c., common northward. June, July — 
Usually more slender than the last, 10' -18' high, with a less prolong¬ 
ed spike of pure white, or sometimes greenish, flowers. 
8. P. flava, Gray. (Yellowish Orchis.) Leaves ovate-ob¬ 
long or oblong-lanceolate; the uppermost linear-lanceolate, and point- 
e , passing into the bracts of the elongated raceme; petals ovate ; lip 
oblong, obtuse or barely notched at the apex, furnished with a tooth on 
each side near the base and a small protuberance on the palate , about 
the length of the sepals, half the length of the club-shaped spur. (Or¬ 
chis flava, L. / O. vir6scens, fuc6scens, herbiola, and bident&ta, of 
authors.)—-Wet places, common. June-Aug. —Stem 10'-20' high; 
the spike at first dense, with the bracts longer than the flowers, at 
length elongated and often loose; the upper bracts shorter than the 
flowers; which are quite small, dull greenish-yellow, drying brownish. 
§ 4. Stem leafy: lip fringed along the sides, undivided , shorter than the 
spur : ovary taper-beaked: root of fleshy fibres. 
0. P. cristata, Lindl. (Crested Orchis.) Lower leaves 
lanceolate, elongated, the upper gradually reduced to sharp-pointed 
bracts, nearly the length of the crowded {yellow) flowers ; spike oblong 
or cylindrical ; petals rounded, crenate; lip ovate , with a lacerate- 
fringed margin , scarcely shorter than the slender obtuse incurved spur, 
which is not half the length of the ovary. — Bogs, Penn. ( Pursh ) and 
southward. — Flowers about one quarter the size of the next. 
10. P, ciliaris, Lindl. (Yellow Fringed Orchis.) Leaves 
oblong or lanceolate, the upper passing into pointed bracts , which are 
shorter than the long-beaked ovaries; spike oblong, rather closely 
many-flowered; flowers bright orange-yellow ; lateral sepals rounded, 
reflexed ; petals linear, cut-fringed at the apex ; lip oblong , furnished 
with a very long and copious capillary fringe , about half the length of 
& spur. Bogs and wet places, rare at the North, common south- 
7 r ’ —Plant l£°-2° high, with a short spike of very 
on°each ^ *he conspicuous fringe fully long 
