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Flowers greenish-white, in densely-flowered {not j-sided) 

 spike. Labellum saccate, apex recurved, obtuse. Lateral 

 sepals ovate ; petals and upper sepalarching in an ovate 

 galea. Stem 6-20 inches high, clothed with hairs, much 

 more hirsute, or downy, than P. repe7is. Leaves basal, in a 

 rosette, 1-2 inches long, strongly blotched with greenish-white, 

 5-10 scales above. The Creeping Goodyera {P. repens) inter- 

 grades with this species and causes confusion in designation. 

 P. pubescens spikes are not i-sided, the rosette of leaves are of 

 a bluer velvety green, blotched with a purer white network, 

 while /*. repens rosette of leaves is dull yellowish-green. 



Continental Pang^e — From Ontario, Newfoundland, south- 

 ward to Florida ; westward to Minnesota. Ascends 4000 feet 

 altitude in North Carolina. 



New England Range — Maine, common ; New Hampshire, 

 common ; Vermont, common ; Massachusetts, frequent ; Rhode 

 Island, rare, Connecticut, common. 



3.— PERAMIUM MENZIESII (Lindley) Morong, 1840-1894 ^ 

 MENZIES' RaTTIvESNAKE Pi,antain 



The specific name, Menziesii, refers to the dedication of this 

 species, in honor of the explorer and botanist Menzies. 



Small conifer woodland orchid, with fibrous-fleshy roots. 

 June-July 21st- August 2oth-September 15th. 



Flowers greenish-white, spike not i-sided. Labellum scarcely 

 saccate, swollen at base, apex narrower, and recurved. Anther 

 ovate, pointed ; the buds, flowers, and leaves are all conspicu- 

 ously acute. Stem 8-15 inches high. Leaves basal in rosette, 

 bracts above, often without blotches of white ; resembling P. 

 pubescens very much, although the basal leaves are stifFer and 

 acute at apex and base. The Peratniums intergrade with each 

 other, confusing their specific characters. 



Continental Range — From Loring, Chilcat, southeast coast 

 of Alaska, southward to Lake Huron, Quebec, Maine, Ver- 

 mont (?), and New York ; westward to Arizona and California. 

 Ascends 9500 feet altitude in Arizona. 



Neib England Range — Maine, rare ; New Hampshire, rare : 

 Vermont, doubtfully reported . Massachusetts, doubtfully re- 

 ported. 



I Species not reported for Hoosac Valley region, although 

 native of northern New England. 



