150 ORCHIDACEAE 
with purple spots within. Sepals long egg-shaped to lance-egg-shaped. 
Woods and thickets. May-July. 
2. ORCHIS, L 
Perennial, from fleshy roots. Leaves, in our species, 1 or 2 from base 
of stem. Flower stem leafless with a narrow spike of exquisite purple 
flowers. Lip spurred. Pollen in two masses, related to each other by 
the slender elastic threads. 
1. O. spectabilis, L. (Fig. 1, pl. 18.) Snowy Orcuis. (Galeorchis 
spectabilis, (L.) Rydb.). Stem 4 to 12 in. high, but rarely more than 6 
in., 4-angled with 1 or 2 lance-shaped bracts. Leaves 2, opposite, rarely 
more, broad oval, spreading, about as long as flower stem. Flowers 3 to 
6, showy, rose-white or somewhat violet, lip not lobed. Throughout our 
region in rich, generally piny, woods. April-June. : 
2. O. rotundifolia, Banks. (Fig. 2, pl. 18.) SMALL ROUND-LEAVED 
Orcuip. Stem more slender than No. 1, about as high. Leaf single, from 
base of stem, broadly oval or nearly orbicular. Flower stem with few 
flowers. Lip white or light purple with purple spots, three lobes, the end 
one notched. In damp woods mostly in northern part of our area. July- 
August. 
3. HABENARIA, Willd. 
Plants differing from the orchids only in some, to the amateur, rather 
obscure features. Mostly with leafy stems. Flowers in long narrow 
clusters (spikes) or in loose clusters (racemes). Lip entire, 3 lobed or 
fimbriated. The two glands to which are attached the delicate threads 
(or caudicles) connected with the pollen masses are not enclosed in a 
pouch but lie quite naked, The petals are usually smaller than the sepals. 
Color of flowers, purple, white, green or yellow. 
Flowers Greenish-yellow 
One leat ats base. of \stemy 9 Ys, sete) “ei ee. ia seme ele de, he a RTS 
Two leaves at base of stem. 
Flower stem with one or more leaf-like bracts . . . . . H. orbiculata 
Flower scape without bracts . . eer mere res leis Vejanig > 
Stem leafy, bracts about as long as the flowers. 
Lip not divided in 3 lobes, border entire. 
Upper sepal finely notched . ete 8 te ete. Sw eee 
Lip with a tooth at each side of the SS aoe aaa: ° H. flava 
Stem leafy, bracts much longer than the flowers . . . . . . H. bracteata 
Stemi “with one Meat ati base) is) ci Vale) bo) 2) Go Yeeeah) > seuss COLO; eereee 
Flowers Yellow or Orange 
DMp: mots fringed. 5) bss) she) poh eem am) ale on aetna a Ls” 60 Chl nee 
Lip fringed. 
Spur longer /than. ‘the, ovdtyis 2 =) =) s! me aell tk) (nl « |s\ cel yneneenerame 
Spur shorter than ovary. 
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Lip not 3 parted 3 ah biel. 2.) 00 Meesinnln oe ass ewe ire 
Flowers White 
Lip not fringed. 
Wot: very “fragrant. <2: « (%\ Spas Sar) Geico) eo et a) ca) Ate 
Lip fringed. 
Very Spiga: ae ee ee Sh ey eam tla fie le 
3-parted . ere ere MereeE se) Samer alee rs pn cee H. leucophaea 
Not 3-parted- Taree ears are rie ns ESS a H. blephariglottis 
Flowers Purple 
Segments of the lip deeply fringed. 
Lip ¢.to 124m; proadts 2° « “ws 04 <a sept eieel Esiy aco fe “ELD Pere 
Lip 4 to.) in, broad... Gs « seas Coie ibe ss | 6. Shea peeonee 
Segments of lip toothed, not fringed , . «© « « » « « e« dd. peramoens 
