ORCHID FAMILY. Orehidaceae. 



dividual might sip the nectar it is true, but its longer 

 tongue would reach the base of the tube without effect- 

 ing the slightest contact with the pollen " (Wm. 

 Hamilton Gibson). The pollen is usually withdrawn 

 fastened upon the moth's eyes. 1-2 feet high. Rich 

 evergreen woods. Me., south to N. Car., in the moun- 

 tains, west to Minn. 



This is a southern species among a group 

 Yellow Crested „,. , „ ,. - ? 



Orchis fringed Orchises, with narrow lance- 



Habenaria shaped leaves below diminishing to the 

 cristata size of bracts above, and orange-yellow 



Orange=yeiiow flowers with narrow fringed petals, and a 

 Aueust r y ver ^ deeply ^ rm ged lip. Spur about \ inch 

 long. The anther cells widely separated 

 at the base. 8-20 inches high. In bogs, from N. J., 

 south. Rather rare in N. J. 



., „ „ . An exceedingly handsome slender spe- 



Yellow Fringed . 6 J . j , 



Orchis Cles > W1 th lance-shaped leaves, and a large 



Habenaria many-flowered spike of showy golden or 

 ciliaris orange-yellow flowers with ovate sepals, 



range yellow narrow fringed petals, and a deeply fringed 

 August n P* The spur long and slender, and the 



anther cells as in the preceding species. 

 12-24 inches high. In meadows and wet sandy barrens, 

 from Mass., south, and west to Mich. 



w/us* c s .. A similar species. The white fringed 

 White Fringed l ... 6 , 



Orchis flowers a trifle smaller, with a less deeply 



Habenaria fringed lip ; the latter £ the length of the 



blepharigiottis spur. 12-21 inches high. In swamps and 



w J" ,te bogs from Me., south to N. J., west to 



July-early 



August Minn. Blooms a few days earlier than H. 



ciliaris where the two grow together. 

 (Britton.) 



Habenaria A western species with fragrant large 



leucophaea greenish white or white flowers, the fan- 



White, shaped lip three-parted, broad, and fringed. 



greenish Spur \\ inches long, so it is especially 



adapted to the long-tongued sphinx-moths 

 (Sphingidce). 18-30 inches high. Wesjbern N. Y., south 

 to Ky., west to Minn, and Ark. 



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