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From lithograph in Meeliairs Native Flo-uers ami Ferns of the United iitates, i ; 1878. By permission. 



The Large Purple- Fringed Orchis. (Habenaria grandiftora.) 



Closely allied to Habenaria psycodes of New England and to the English Long 

 Purples {Orchis Morio) of ancient literature. They are mentioned by Shakespeare 

 in Hamlet. 



" There with fantastic garlands did she come 

 Of crow-flowers, nettles, daisies, and long purples." 



" Hamlet," Act IV., Sc. 7. 



