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attenuate, about as long as the germ; spike crowded ; bracts as long as 



or a little longer than the flower. Orchis flava ? Ell.O. flava ? Torr. 



HAB. Low grounds. N. S. to Geor. July. If. Stem 2 feet high. 



Flowers in a short crowded spike, yellow. Lip with the sides 



toothed or crenate, almost fimbriate. Spur subulate, nearly 



acute at the point. This plant appears to differ much from the 



original O. flava of Clayton. See Ell. Sk. ii. 485. 



12. H.fissa Brown : lip 3-parted ; lobes cuneiform, dentate ; interme- 

 diate one 2-lobed ; spur filiform, clavate at the extremity, ascending, 

 longer than the germ. Orchis fissa Willd. 



HAB. Mountain meadows. Penn. to Vir. Pursh. July. It. 

 Stem 2 4 feet high. Flowers dark purple. 



13. H. indsa Spreng. : lip 3-parted ; lobes cuneiform, incisely den- 

 tate, the intermediate one emarginate 1 ; lateral segments of the pe- 

 rianth obtuse, subdentate ; spur subulate, ascending, as long as the 

 germ. Orchis indsa Willd. 



HAB. Meadows. N. Y. to Vir, July. U-Stem 24 feet 

 high. Floioers purple. 



14. H. fimbriata Brown : lip 3-parted j lobes all cuneiform and in- 

 cisely fimbriate ; segments of the perianth oval, spreading, fimbriate- 

 toothed ; spur filiform, clavate, longer than the germ. Orchis flmbri- 

 ata Alt. 



HAB. Meadows. Can. and N. S. July. It.Stem 2 feet high. 

 Leaves broad-lanceolate. Flowers purple, in a large spike. 



15. H. psycodes Spreng. : lip 3-parted, capillary, many-cleft ; seg- 

 ments of the perianth obtuse ; spur filiform, clavate, ascending, a little 

 longer than the germ. Orchis psycodes Linn. O. laceraMich. 



HAB. Meadows. Can. to Vir. July. 2j..Stem 2 feet high. 

 Leaves oblong. Flowers numerous, pale yellow, in a large ter- 

 minal spike. 



16. H. fuscesccns Torr. : lip ovate, toothed at the base ; segments of 

 the perianth spreading ; spur subulate, as long as the germ ; bracts 

 longer than the flower. Orchis fuscescens Linn. 



HAB. Mountain meadows. N. S. July. 11. Floioers in very 

 long spikes, brownish-yellow. Bracts acuminate, very long. 



17. H. macrophylla Goldie : lip linear-elongated, entire, acuminate ; 

 spur longer than the germ, terete, nearly straight' ; upper segments of 

 the perianth ovate, acute ; scape with broad oval suberect leaves at the 

 base. 



HAB. Shady woods near Montreal. Goldie. N, S. Torr.- The 

 largest of the North American Orchideae. Leaves 2, radical, 

 6 8 inches in length, thin and pellucid, elliptical. Scape With 

 a few lanceolate scales. Flowers large and arranged in a lax 

 spike of 5 or 6 inches in length. See Goldie in Edin. Phil. Jour. 

 vi. 331. 



18. H. grandiflora Torr. : lip dependent, twice as long as the ieg- 

 ments of the perianth, 3-parted ; lobes cuneiform, frimbriate, the mid- 



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