ORCHIDACEJE. (OKCII1S FAMILY.) 



petals oblong-linear, entire; lip pendent, tlie wedge-shaped lobes deeply 

 divided into few spreading capillary filaments; spur as long as the ovary. 

 Swamps and low ground in the upper districts. July. Stem l-2high. 

 Lower leaves 3' - 6' long. Raceme 3' - 5' long. 



-t- -i- Flowers purple : lip clawed. 



9. P. psycodes, Gray. Stem stout ; lower leaves lanceolate or oblong, 

 the upper small, passing into the linear-subulate bracts; flowers pale purple, 



crowded in a dense oblong raceme ; lateral sepals roundish, obtuse ; petals 

 obovate, minutely denticulate at the apex ; lip nearly twice as long as the 

 sepals, spreading, the wedge-shaped lobes bordered with a short fringe. 

 Swamps and shaded banks, North Carolina, and northward. July. Stem 

 2 high. Lower leaves 3' - 6' long. Lip 2" -3" long. 



10. P. fimbriata, Lindl. Stem stout; leaves oval or oblong, obtuse, a 

 few of the upper ones small and lanceolate like the bracts ; raceme oblong, 

 rather loosely flowered : flowers large, pale purple ; lateral sepals ovate, 

 acutish , petals oblong, denticulate on the margins; lip twice as long as the 

 sepals, spreading, the broad wedge-shaped lobes long-fringed; spur longer 

 than the ovary. Wet meadows, North Carolina, and northward. June. 

 Stem 2 -3 high. Leaves 4'- 6' long. Lip 6" -9" long. 



11. P. peramcena, Gray. Stem stout; lower leaves oblong, obtuse, the 

 upper lanceolate like the bracts ; raceme oblong, rather loosely flowered ; 

 flowers large, violet purple; lateral sepals broad-ovate; petals round-obovate, 

 minutely denticulate; lip spreading, the wedge-shaped lobes finely toothed, 

 entire, or the middle one 2-lobed ; spur longer than the ovary. Mountains of 

 North Carolina, and northward. July. Stem 2 -4 high. Lip 9" long. 



19. HABENARIA, Wind. 



Sepals nearly equal, the lateral ones reflexed. Petals unequally 2-parted. 

 Lip pendent, entire, or 3-parted, spurred. Anther cells erect, separate, di- 

 verging. Stigma bearing two variously-shaped appendages. Glands naked. 

 Pollen masses 2, waxy, stalked. Herbs with tuberous roots, leafy stems, and 

 spiked flowers. 



1. H. repens, Nutt. Root a creeping tuber; stem very leafy; leaves 

 lanceolate, 3-ribbed ; spike many-flowered; bracts lanceolate, the lower longer 

 than the flowers; lateral sepals oblong, acute, the upper one ovate, erect; 

 lower lobe of the petals capillary, longer than the linear upper one; lip 3- 

 parted, the lateral lobes capillary, the middle one filiform; spur as long as 

 the ovary. Swamps and ditches in the lower districts. August -Sept. 

 Stem 1- 2 long. Leaves 6' -12' long. Flowers small, greenish. 



2. H. Michauxii, Nutt. Root a globular watery tuber ; leaves oval or 

 oblong, the upper smaller, passing into the ovate-lanceolate clasping bracts ; 

 spike loosely few-flowered ; sepals ovate ; lower lobe of the petals capillary 

 and twice as long as the lanceolate upper one ; lip 3-parted, the capillary 

 lateral lobes longer than the linear middle one ; spur twice as long as the 

 ovary. Dry sandy or gravelly soil, Florida to South Carolina. August. 

 Stem 6' - 18' high. Leaves 2' - 3' long. Spike 3' - 5' loug. Flowers white. 



