472 ORCHIDACEJE. (ORCHIS FAMILY.) 
11. P. l>lepliariglottis, Lindl. (White Fringed Orchis.) 
Leaves, &c., as in the last; flowers white; petals spatulate, slightly 
cut or toothed at the apex ; lip oblong or lanceolate-oblong, with the 
irregular capillary fringe of the margins usually shorter than the disk, 
one third the length of the spur.— Yar. holopetala (P. holopelala, 
Lindl.) has narrower petals with the toothing obsolete, and the lip 
less strongly fringed. — Peat-bogs and borders of ponds, with No. 10, 
or commonly taking its place in the North. July. — A foot high, the 
flowers beautiful, but rather smaller than in the last. 
§ 4. Stem leafy: lip ^-parted, shorter than the somewhat club-shaped 
long spur, narrowed at the base into a claw: roots Jleshy-thickened. 
* Flowers white or greenish. 
12. P, leucoph&a, Nutt. (Western White Fringed Or¬ 
chis.) Leaves oblong-lanceolate, the bracts similar, rather shorter 
than the (large dull white) flowers; spike elongated, loose; petals 
obovate, minutely cut-toothed ; divisions of the lip broadly wedge-shaped 
or fan-shaped, many-cleft to the middle into a thread-like fringe ; spur 
longer than the ovary. — Moist meadows, Central Ohio, and west¬ 
ward. July. Stem 29-4° high; the spike at length 1° long. Lip 
I' wide. 
13. P. |;icera, Gray. (Ragged Greenish Orchis.) Leaves 
oblong or lanceolate ; raceme loosely many-flowered ; petals oblong- 
linear , entire ; divisions of the lip narrow, deeply parted into a few long 
nearly capillary lobes ; spur about the length of the ovary. (O. psy- 
eddes, Muhl ., &c., not of L. O. lacera, Michx.) — Bogs and moist 
thickets, common. July. — Stem 1° - 2° high : bracts shorter or 
longer than the pale yellowish-green flowers. 
* * Flowers purple. 
14. P. psycodes, Gray. (Small Purple Fringed Orchis.) 
Leaves oblong, the uppermost passing into linear-lanceolate bracts; 
raceme cylindrical, densely many-flowered ; lower sepals round-oval, ob¬ 
tuse ; petals wedge-obovate or spatulate, denticulate above ; divisions of 
the spreading lip broadly wedge-shaped, many-cleft into a short fringe. 
(O. psycodes, L.! O. fimbritita, Pursh, Bigelow. O. inclsa and fissa, 
Muhl. in Willd.) — Moist meadows and alluvial banks, common. 
July, Aug. Stem 2° high. Flowers short-pedicelled, crowded in a 
spike 4' -7 ; long, small, but very handsome, fragrant: lip short-stalk¬ 
ed, barely broad and not so long; the middle lobe broadest and 
more closely fringed but not so deeply cleft as the lateral ones. 
1>- P. dmbriata, Lindl. (Large Purple Fringed Orchis.) 
Lower leaves oval or oblong, the upper few, passing into lanceolate 
bracts; spike or raceme oblongs loosely flowered ; lower sepals ovale, 
acute; petals oblong,fringe-toothed down the sides; divisions of the 
pendent large lip fan-shaped, many-cleft into a capillary fringe. (O. 
fimbriata, Ait., Willd., Hook. Exot. FI., &c. O. grandiflora, Bigelow.) 
