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pointed or obtuse at outer extremity. Bracts below the flowers longer than 
the yellowish-brown flowers, the lips of which are 3-toothed, rather longer 
than the petals and with a tubercle at the base. Moist soil. June-July. 
11. H. cristata,, (Michx.) R. Br. (Fig. 2, pl. 19.) Crestep YELLOW 
OrcHIs. Stem 1 to 2 ft. high, slender; leaves lance-shaped to grass-like. 
Flowers in a somewhat dense spike 2 to 4 in. long. Lip rather longer 
than the roundish sepals. Spur 4 as long as the ovary. Flowers orange. 
Swamps, New Jersey and south. 
12. H. ciliaris, (L.) R. Br. (Fig. 8, pl. 19.) Yarrow (giyem 
Orcuis. Stem about 2 ft. high. Leaves lance-shaped, pointed at extremity. 
Flower spike with many yellow flowers. Sepals rounded, } to 4 in. long, 
petals not as long, toothed. Lip not lobed, oblong, the border profusely 
fringed. Spur very slender, more than an inch long. Wet meadows. July- 
Aug. e 
13. H. blephariglottis, (Willd.) Torr. Wutre Frincep OrcHIS. 
Stem 1 to 2 ft. high. Leaves lance-shaped. Spikes with many white 
flowers. Lip long and narrow with copious, sometimes sparse, fringe. 
Spur 1 in. long. Swamps. July-Aug. 
14. H. lacera, (Michx.) R. Br. (Fig. 1, pl. 19.) RaecEep ORcHIS. 
Slender stem 1 to 2 ft. high. Leaves lance-shaped to linear about 6 in. 
long, upper smaller. Flower spike with many greenish-yellow flowers. 
Petals obtuse. Spur about as long as the lip. Lip divided into 3 seg- 
ments, each fringed at the end by long thread-like segments. Wet meadows 
and woods. June-July. 
15. H. leucophaea, (Nutt.) A. Gray. WHITE PRAIRIE OrcHIS. Stout 
angled stem 1 to 24 ft. high. Leaves lance-shaped, tapering and sharp 
pointed. Flower parts much like No. 13 but spur twice as long as the 
lip and flowers white. Moist fields. June-July. 
16. H. fimbriata, A. Gray. (Fig. 3, pl. 19.) Larce PurrLe FRINGED 
Orcuis. FIMpBriatEp OrcHIS. (H. grandiflora, Torr.). Stem 15 in. to 
3 ft. tall, angled. Leaves oval, broad lance-shaped or narrow, 2 to 6 in. 
long; extremely obtuse. Segments of lip fan-shaped, broader than in 
Nos. 13 and 14. Ends bordered with thread-like fringes; the petals 
pointed, notched. Spur as long as or slightly longer than the ovary, 
eurved. Cluster of lilac flowers 3 to 15 in. long, forming an extremely 
showy and beautiful florescence. Moist and shady places. June-Aug. 
17. H. psycodes, (L.) A. Gray. (Fig. 6, pl. 19.) SMALLER PURPLE 
FRINGED OrcHIS. Stem more slender than No. 15, not angled, 1 to 3 ft. 
high. Leaves lance-shaped to oval, with sharp points. Spike 2 to 6 in. 
long with many lilac flowers. Lip fringed as in No. 15, but fringe is 
noticeably shorter and side segments less broad. Petals erect with deli- 
cately fringed border. Spur 14 times as long as the ovary. Wet meadows, 
July-Aug. 
18. H. peramoena, A. Gray. FRINcELESS PurPLe Orcuis. Stem 1 
to 24 ft. high, leafy. Leaves lance-shaped to linear, the longer ones 
4 to 8 in. in length. Spike of flowers 3 to 7 in. long, of numerous violet- 
purple showy flowers. Lip segments with very short fringe, or row of 
fine teeth, middle lobe notched in center. Spur longer than ovary. Moist 
meadows. July-Aug. 
