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ORCHIDACEAE. 



VOL. I. 



4. Blephariglottis lacera (Michx.) Farwell. Ragged or Green-fringed Orchis. 



Fig. 1376. 



Orchis lacera Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 156. 1803. 

 Habenaria lacera R. Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. i: 312. 



1810. 

 B. lacera Farwell, Ann. Rep. Mich. Acad. Sci. 2 : 42. 



1901. 



Stem rather slender, i-2 high. Leaves firm, 

 lanceolate, s'-8' long, io"-i8" wide, the upper gradu- 

 ally smaller; spike 2'-6' long, loose; flowers greenish 

 yellow; sepals ovate, obtuse, about 3" long, the 

 upper one a little broader than the others, petals 

 linear, entire, obtuse, about as long as the sepals ; 

 lip 3-parted, the segments narrow, deeply fringed, 

 the fringe of a few threads about \' long; spur 7"-8" 

 long, curved, shorter than the ovary, clavate at the 

 apex ; anther-sacs divergent at the base, their bases 

 beaked and projecting upward; glands oblong-linear, 

 hyaline, as long as the caudicle. 



In swamps and wet woods, Newfoundland to Minne- 

 sota, south to Georgia and Arkansas. June-July. 

 Hybridizes with B. psycodes. 



5. Blephariglottis leucophaea (Nutt.) Farwell. 

 Prairie White-fringed Orchis. Fig. 1377. 



Orchis leucophaea Nutt. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. (II.) 5 : 161. 



1833-37. 

 Habenaria leucophaea A. Gray, Man. Ed. 5, 502. 1867. 



B. leucophaea Farwell, Ann. Rep. Mich. Acad. Sci. 2 : 42. 

 1901. 



Stem stout, angled, ii-2i high. Leaves lanceolate, 

 4'-8' long; spike 3'-5' long, very thick, loosely flowered; 

 flowers large, white, fragrant, sometimes tinged with 

 green; sepals broadly ovate; petals obovate, minutely 

 cut toothed, about 3" long; lip 3-parted, 6"-7" long, 

 the segments broadly wedge-shaped and copiously 

 fringed ; spur I'-ii' long, longer than the ovary ; 

 anther-sacs widely diverging at the base ; caudicles long 

 and slender ; glands transversely oval ; ovary often 

 recurved. 



On moist prairies, Nova Scotia to Minnesota, Kentucky, 

 Louisiana and Nebraska. Western greenish-fringed orchis. 

 July. 



6. Blephariglottis grandiflora (Bigel.) Rydb. Large or Early Purple-fringed 

 Orchis. Meadow-pink. Fig. 1378. 



Orchis fimbriata Willd. Sp. PI. 4 : 39. 1805. Not Dryand. 

 1789. 



Habenaria grandiflora Torr. Comp/319. 1826. 

 Orchis grandiflora Bigel. Fl. Bost. Ed. z, 321. 1824. 

 Habenaria fimbriata A. Gray, Man. Ed. 5, 503. 1867. 

 B. grandiflora Rydb. in Britton, Man. 296. 1901. 



Stem i-S high. Leaves oval or lanceolate, 4'-io' 

 long, io"-3' wide, obtuse, or the upper smaller and 

 acute; raceme 3'-is' long, sometimes 2.\' thick, 

 densely flowered ; flowers lilac or purplish, some- 

 times white or nearly so, fragrant ; upper sepal and 

 petals erect, connivent; petals oblong or oblanceolate, 

 more or less toothed, i' long; lip 3-parted, i'-i' 

 broad, about is' long, the segments broadly fan- 

 shaped, copiously fringed to about the middle, anther- 

 sacs divergent at the base ; glands orbicular, turned 

 inward; spur filiform, clavate, i'-ii' long. 



In rich woods and meadows, Newfoundland to On- 

 tario, south to North Carolina. Perhaps a large-flowered 

 race of the following species. Tattered fringed orchis. 

 June-Aug. 



