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Flowers, 3-12 in a raceme 1-3 inches long, dull purple, 

 about Yz inch long on short, minutely bracted pedicels. Label- 

 lum whitish, oblong, 2-toothed, shorter than petals, spur a small 

 protuberance adnate to the summit of ovary. Sepals and petals 

 narrow. Stem or scape, 4-12 inches high. Leaves reduced to 

 2-5 sheathing scales. Seed-capsule drooping. 



Continental Range — From Greenland, and Kotzebue Sound, 

 Unalaska, southward throughout Canada to Georgia ; westward 

 to Washington and Oregon. Ascends 7600 feet in Yellowstone 

 Park, where it is rather common. 



New England Range — Maine, common ; New Hampshire 

 frequent ; Vermont, common ; Massachusetts, common ; Rhode 

 Island, not reported ; Connecticut, infrequent. 



2.— CORALLORHIZA ODONTORHIZA (Willdenow) Nuttall, 

 1805-1818 



Smai,i,-Fi,owered Corai,-Root — Dragon-Ci^aw— Late 

 Cora i,-Root—Crawi,ey- Root 



The specific name, odontorhiza, comes from the Greek, odonSy 

 a tooth, and hiza, a root, referring to the tooth-like shape of 

 the coralloid roots. 



Small slender woodland orchid, with coral-like masses of 

 roots. February-March-May (South); July-August-September 

 6th-October 15th (North). 



Flowers, 6-20, purplish, in raceme 2-4 inches long. Label- 

 lum oval, denticulate, narrowed at base ; not notched, whit- 

 ish ; spur small, adnate to top of ovary. Sepals and petals 

 lanceolate, marked with purple lines. Stem sheathed with 

 3-4 scales, 6-15 inches high. Confused with C. Corallorhiza 

 northward. 



Continental Range — From Ontario, Canada ; Halifax, Nova 

 Scotia, southward to Alabama, Florida, and Texas ; westward 

 to Illinois and Indiana. Ascends 3000 feet in North Carolina. 



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

 Vermont, rare ; Massachusetts, Cole's Grove, Williamstown 

 (Cheney), rare ; Rhode Island rare ; Connecticut, frequent. 



3.— CORALLORHIZA WISTBRIANA Conrad, 1829^ 



WiSTER's Coral-Root 



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

 species in honor of the botanist Wister. 



' Species not reported for Hoosac Valley region, although 

 native of Massachusetts. 



