28o Bog-Trotting for OrcHids 



Slender woodland orchid, with coral-branching roots. March 

 1st, Florida (Curtiss) ; Alabama, February-May. 



Flowers whitish, 6-15, in spiked raceme 2-5 inches long ; 

 pedicels, erect and slender. Labellum broad and oval, white, 

 clawed, with spots of crimson ; notched at apex, differing in 

 this from C. odontorhiza, which is not notched at the apex, 

 but projects acutely ; spur a conspicuous protuberance adnata 

 to top of the ovary. Stem 8-16 inches high. Leaves re- 

 duced to several sheathing scales. Seed-capsule oblong droop- 

 ing, when ripe. 



Continental Range — From Massachusetts southward to Flor- 

 ida and Texas ; westward to Ohio, taking much the same 

 range, and flowering at the same time as C. odontorhiza. 



New England Range — Massachusetts, rare. 



4.— CORALLORHIZA MULTIFLORA Nuttall, 1823 



Spotted Large Corai,-Root 



The specific name, multiflora, refers to the multiplying of 

 both flowers and plants in many stations. 



Tall woodland orchid, with large masses of coralloid roots. 

 May (Canada)-June 20th-July (Maine) ; August 14th (Massa- 

 chusetts) ; September 15th (Connecticut). 



Flowers, 10-30, brownish-purple, in spiked raceme 2-8 inches 

 long ; pedicels short ; flowers ^z-^ inch long. Labellum white, 

 spotted with purple, oval deeply 3-lobed, central lobe broad ; 

 side lobes narrow, apex curved. Spur manifest. Sepals and 

 petals linear-lanceolate. Stem 2-20 inches high, purplish. 

 Leaves reduced to several appressed scales. Seed-capsule ob- 

 long, drooping when ripe. 



Continental Range — From Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, south- 

 ward to Florida ; westward to California. Ascends 2500 feet alti- 

 tude in Montana (Tweedy). 



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

 Vermont, rare ; Massachusetts, frequent ; Rhode Island, rare ; 

 Connecticut, frequent. 



XIII 



Tipularia ^ 



Nuttall, 1818 



Crane-Fi^y Orchis 



The generic name, Tipularia, refers to the flowers resembling 

 insects of genus Tipula. 



^ Genus not reported for Hoosac Valley region, although 

 native of Vermont. 



