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Flowers, 3-15 pink-purple, i inch long, subtended by acute 

 bracts in spiked raceme 4-15 inches long. Labelluin hinged, 

 arching above, owing to ovary and stem being straight ; broad, 

 triangular at apex ; bearded on the upper side with yellow, 

 orange, and rose- colored club-shaped hairs. Sepals and petals 

 acute, ovate-lanceolate, similar in texture and color. Stem or 

 scape i-i>^ feet high. Leaf i, linear-lanceolate, 8-12 inches 

 long, grass-like with several scales below. Seed - capsule 

 straight, erect, oblong. 



Continental Range— Vrova. Newfoundland, Nova Scotia to 

 the shores of Lake Huron, southward throughout New Eng- 

 land to Florida ; westward to western Texas and Minnesota. 



New England Range — Maine, common ; New Hampshire, 

 common ; Vermont, common ; Massachusetts, common ; Rhode 

 Island, common ; Connecticut, common. 



XV 

 Aplectrxim 



Nuttall, 1818 ' 



Putty-Root— Adam-and-Eve 



The generic name, Aplectrmn, comes from the Greek mean- 

 ing without a spur. 



Scapose orchids with bulb or corm-like roots. Anther i. 

 Labellum 3-lobed, shorter than petals. Sepals and petals about 

 Y2 inch long. Flowers without a spur, dull yellowish-brown 

 in a loose raceme. Anther borne a little below the summit of 

 column. Pollinia 4, lens-shaped. Stem or scape 1-2 feet high. 

 Leaf I, basal, arising from side of scape ; several corms 

 adhering to latest bulb ; leaf develops in late autumn, about 

 September 9th, hyemal ; several sheathing scales above. Seed- 

 capsule oblong, ovoid, angled. 



Continental Range— Vrom Ontario, southward to Georgia 

 and Alabama; westward to Minnesota, Washington, Oregon, 

 Idaho, and probably in northern California. Rather rare and 

 local. 



North American species north of Mexico 2 



New England species 1 



Hoosac Valley species o 



New England species : 



I. A. spicatum (WaUer) B. S. P., 1788-1888. 



1 Genera not reported for Hoosac Valley region, although 

 native of Vermont. 



