ORCHID FAMILY. Orehidaceae. 



A similar species but of more imposing 

 Smaller Pur- p ropor tions, with elliptical and lance- 

 Orchis" 86 shaped leaves, and fragrant magenta-pink 



Habenaria or lilac-pink flowers variably pale or deep, 



psycodes with the fringed lip three-parted, and a 



Magenta-pink gpur | inch long j_g feet higfe Gom _ 



August monly found in swamps and wet woods 



from Me., south to N. Car. ; west to Minn. 

 A similar but much larger species with 

 Frhfged^rchis A° wers twice the size of those of H. 

 Habenaria psycodes, fragrant, and variable in ma- 

 fimbriata genta-pink from a deep tone even to 



Magenta-pink w hit e . The upper sepal and petals close 

 Attract f y together, the lateral sepals small, ovate 

 and acute. The three divisions of the 

 broad lip more deeply fringed. Flower-spike sometimes 

 12 inches long and 2\ inches across. Anther cells sepa- 

 rated at the base. In both flowers, H. psycodes and H. 

 fimbriata, fertilization is generally effected by moths 

 and butterflies whose heads and eyes are often decorated 

 by the pear-shaped pollen-masses. The crowded flower- 

 spike allows the butterfly to land indiscriminately here 

 or there among the spreading fringed lips, and inserting 

 its tongue obliquely in the nectary it brushes the pollen- 

 disc on the side approached and the pollen-mass is with- 

 drawn (Win, Hamilton Gibson). 



The difference between H. psycodes and H. fimbriata 

 is distinct and absolute ; there is no need for confusion 

 in the identification of the two species, although it must 

 be evident to a close observer that intergrading types are 

 not infrequent. H. psycodes has more conventional, 

 compact flowers with an even (not ragged) very short 

 fringe, and they are about half the size of those of H. 

 fimbriata. They are also distinctly muscat-scented. 



~ . ~ . This is a truly purple flowered species. 

 Purple Orchis . . . ,, ^ u , ± u . rru 



Habenaria found m the south and southwest. The 



peramasna fan-shaped lip is toothed but not fringed j 



Purple an d the leaves are somewhat narrower. 



July-August The long gpur curved 12 _30 inches high. 



Wet meadows, N. J., south to Va., west to 111. and Ky. 



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