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FLOWERS OF THE nill.S AND DRY PLACES 



are in loiif^, luirrow spikes, dense or loose. The spur is bristle-like, 



and twice as lon;^' as the ovary. The bracts are equal in lenu;th to the 



ovary, green, 3-nerved. The .sepals are spreading. 



Fragrant Orchis is iS in. in height. Flowers may be found in 



June and July. It is a perennial, propagated by division of the tubers. 



In the group Gyuiiia- 

 dciiia the spur is \va\\-, 

 the lip broad, 3-lobed, 

 rounded. The anther 

 cells are parallel, con- 

 tluenl witli llic cdluinn, 

 the pollen masses dis- 

 tant, iuid the rostellum 

 placed between them, 

 l^roduced. The stigma 

 is bilobed, swollen, and 

 lateral. The spur is so 

 slender and narrow that 

 honey, though it rises 

 half-wa\" \\\\ the tube, is 

 only reached l)y the 

 long proboscis of Lepi- 

 doptera, the Burni.shed 

 Brass .Moth {P/iisia 

 C/irysi^is), Silver Y (P. 

 gaiuiiia). Treble - bar 

 ( A iiaitis plagiata ), 



Large -yellow Under- 

 wing {Tryplucna f>ro- 

 luilni). The flower is 

 very sweet-scented. 



The seeds are light 

 and small, and are thus 

 dispersed by the wind. 

 Fragrant Orchid is a humus-loving plant, growing in peat soil or 



humus soil. 



Habcnaria, R. Brown, is from the Latin habcua. thong, strap, from 



the shape of the tip. and coiiopsca is from the Greek coiiops, gnat, because 



it grows in situations where gnats are common. 



This plant is known as Long Tails, Lover's Wanton, as well as 



Fragrant Orchid. 



Fholo. Fl.mers & Garnctt 



Fragrant Orchis {Hahenaria conopsea, Henth.) 



