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II.— HABENARIA FLAVA (Linnaeus) A. Gray, 1753-1840 

 TuBERCi^ED Orchis 



The specific name, flava, comes from the Latin flavous^ re- 

 ferring to the yellow flowers of this orchid. 



A damp meadow or sphagnous woodland orchid, with fleshy- 

 fibrous roots. May (Florida), June 5th-August 25th (New 

 England). 



Flowers dull greenish-yellow, small, in a spiked raceme. 

 Labellum entire, crenulated with obtuse tooth on each side, 

 and a central tubercle at middle of base. Sepals and petals 

 roundish, ^ inch long. Sepals yellowish. Stem stout leafy 

 1-2 feet high. Leaves elliptic, acute; bracts longer than seed- 

 capsule. 



Continental Ranp;e—Vxova. Crow River, Hastings County, 

 Ontario, Canada, southward to Alabama and the wooded Tidal 

 Swamps, Duval County, Florida ; westward to Minnesota and 

 Missouri. 



New England Range— M3.me, common ; New Hampshire, 

 frequent ; Vermont, infrequent ; Massachusetts, occasional ; 

 Rhode Island, common ; Connecticut, common. 



12.— HABENARIA CILIARIS (Linnaeus) R. Brown, 1753- 



1813' 

 Yei,i<ow- Fringed Orchis 



The specific name, ciliaris, refers to the fringed labellum, 

 from the Latin ciliate, — beset with cilia or hairs, like eye- 

 lashes fringing the eyelids. 



A tall, wet, sandy meadow or pine barren orchid, with small 

 fibrous roots. June-July 7th- August 14th. 



Flowers large, showy, orange-3'ellow, fringed, in a many-flow- 

 ered, spiked raceme, '3-6 inches long ; nearly 3 inches broad. 

 Labellum oblong and fringed. Sepals orbicular to ovate; lateral 

 sepals reflexed ; spur i-i^ inch long, very slender; petals 

 toothed, oblong, much smaller. Stem slender, leafy, 1-2^ feet 

 high. Leaves lanceolate, 4-8 inches long, becoming bract- 

 like above. 



Continental Range — From Essex County, Canada, south- 

 ward to New England, the pine barrens of New Jersey, Ala- 

 bama, and Florida ; westward to Illinois and Nebraska. The 

 fringed Habenarias are among our most beautiful native or- 

 chids, gracing lake-side solitudes with their flame-like spikes 

 of purple, white, or orange. 



New England Range — Maine, not reported ; New Hamp- 

 shire, rare ; Vermont, rare ; Massachusetts, rare ; Rhode Isl- 

 and, rare ; Connecticut, rare. 



' Species not reported for Hoosac Valley region, although 

 native of Vermont. 



