ORCHID FAMILY. 
7. Habenaria integra (Nutt.) Spreng. 
Small Southern Yellow Orchis. 
(Fig. 1102.) 
Orchis integra Nutt. Gen. 2: 188. 1818. 
Habenaria integra Spreng. Syst. 3: 689. 1826. 
Stem 1°-2° high, angled, with 1-3 linear- 
lanceolate leaves below, and numerous bract-like 
ones above. Lower leaves 2/-8’ long, acute; 
spike 1/-3/ long, densely flowered; flowers 
orange-yellow; upper sepals and petals conni- 
yent; lateral sepals longer, oval or obovate, 
spreading; lip oblong, mostly crenulate or erose, 
sometimes entire; spur straight, longer than the 
lip, shorter than the ovary; stigma with 2 lateral 
fleshy appendages and a narrow beak. 
In wet pine barrens, New Jersey to Florida and 
Louisiana. The upper surface of the leaves is often 
reticulated with hexagonal cells. July. 
8. Habenaria bracteata (Willd.) R- Br. Long-bracted Orchis. (Fig. 1103.) 
Orchis bracteata Willd. Sp. Pl. 4: 34. 1805. 
Habenaria bracteata R. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. Ed. 2, 
5: 192. 1813. 
Habenaria viridis var. bracteata Reichenb. Ic. FI. 
Germ. 13: 130. f. 475. 1851. 
Stem slender or stout, leafy, 6’-2° high. Leaves 
lanceolate, ovate or oval, or the lowest sometimes 
obovate, obtuse or acute, 2/-5’ long, the upper 
much smaller; bracts longer than the ovaries, the 
lower ones 2 or 3 times as long; spike 3/—5’ long, 
loosely flowered; flowers green or greenish; sepals 
ovate-lanceolate, spreading, dilated or somewhat 
gibbous at the base, about 3’’ long; petals very nar- 
row, sometimes thread-like; lip 3/’-4/’ long, ob- 
long-spatulate, 2-3-toothed or lobed at the apex, 
more than twice as long as the white sac-like spur; 
anther-sacs divergent at the base. 
In woods and meadows, New Brunswick to British 
Columbia, south to North Carolina and Nebraska. 
Alsoin Europe. Ascendsto 3600 ft. in Virginia. May- 
Sept. 
g. Habenaria clavellata (Michx. ) Spreng. 
Small Green Wood Orchis. (Fig. 1104.) 
Orchis clavellata Michx. F1. Bor. Am. 2:155. 1803. 
Orchis tridentata Willd. Sp. Pl. 4: 41. 1805. 
Habenaria tridentata Hook. Exot. Fl. 2: pl. Sr. 1825. 
Habenaria clavellata Spreng. Syst. 3: 689. 1826. 
Stem 8/-18’ high, angled, 1-leaved near the base, 
often with several small bract-like leaves above, or 
one of these larger. Basal leaf oblanceolate, 2’—6/ 
long; bracts shorter than the ovaries; spikes 14/-2/ 
long, loosely flowered; flowers small, greenish or 
whitish; sepals and petals ovate, lip dilated and 3- 
toothed at the apex, the teeth often small and in- 
conspicuous; spur longer than the ovary, incurved, 
clavate; stigma with 3 club-shaped appendages; 
anther-sacs nearly parallel; capsule ovoid, 3//-4’’ 
long, nearly erect. 
) In wet or moist woods, Newfoundland to Minnesota, 
south to Florida and Louisiana. Ascends to 6000 ft. in 
North Carolina, July—Aug. 
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