464 ORCHIDACEAE. 
io. Habenaria flava (Il.) A. Gray. 
Tubercled Orchis. Small Pale- 
green Orchis. (Fig. 1105.) 
Orchis flava ¥,. Sp. Pl. 942. _ 1753. 
Orchis virescens Willd. Sp. P1. 4: 37. _ 1805. 
Habenaria virescens Spreng. Syst. 3: 688. 1826. 
ge et es A. Gray; Am. Journ. Sci. 38: 308. 
Stem rather stout, 1°-2° high, leafy. Leaves 
lanceolate or elliptic, acute or obtuse, 4’—12/ 
long, 8/’-3’ wide; spike 2/’-6’ long; bracts acu- 
minate, longer than the ovaries; petals greenish; 
sepals and petals ovate or roundish, about 3// 
long; sepals greenish yellow, lip a little longer 
than the petals, entire or crenulate, with an ob- 
tuse tooth on each side and a central tubercle at 
the middle of the base; anther-sacs parallel, the 
sides forming a rounded cavity, in which lie the 
orbicularincurved glands; capsule about 4” long. 
__In moist soil, Ontario to Minnesota, south to Flor- 
ida and Louisiana and Missouri, June-July. 
11. Habenaria cristata (Michx.) R. Br. 
Crested Yellow Orchis. (Fig. 1106.) 
Orchis cristata Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 156. 1803. 
Habenaria cristata R. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. Ed. 2, 5: 
194. 1813. 
Stem slender, angled, 8’-2° high. Leaves nar- 
rowly lanceolate, 2/-8’ long, 3/’-8’’ wide, the upper 
much smaller, similar to the bracts; bracts as 
long as the flowers; spike 2/—4’ long, dense; flowers 
orange; sepals roundish-oyate, about 14’/ long, the 
lateral ones spreading; petals narrower, pectinate- 
fringed; lip slightly longer than the sepals, not 3- 
parted, but deeply fringed to the middle or beyond; 
spur 2’/-3/’ long, about half as long as the ovary; 
anther-sacs divergent at the base, widely separated. 
In bogs, New Jersey to Florida and Louisiana. 
July-Aug. 
12. Habenaria ciliaris (L.) R. Br. 
Yellow Fringed Orchis. (Fig. 1107.) 
Orchis ciliaris I, Sp. Pl. 939. _ 1753- 
Habenaria ciliaris R. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. Ed. 2, 
j 5: 194. 1813. 
Stem slender, 1°-2%° high. Leaves lanceo- 
late, acute, 4/-S’ long, 6’’-18’ wide, the upper 
{ smaller; spike closely many-flowered, 3/—6’ long, 
sometimes nearly 3/ thick; flowers orange or 
f yellow, large, showy; sepals orbicular or broadly 
4 ovate, oblique at the base, 2’”—4’” long; the lat- 
y eral ones mostly reflexed; petals much smaller, 
f oblong or cuneate, usually toothed; lip oblong, 
5/’-7’’ long, copiously fringed more than half- 
way to the middle; spur 1/-114’ long, very 
\ slender; anther-sacs large, divergent at the base, 
ae, bearing a small white tubercle on the outer side. 
ae In meadows, Vermont (?) and Ontario to Michi- 
a gan, south to Florida and Texas. July—Aug. 
