HABENARIA 



9. cristSlta, R. Br. Smaller: fls. nmch smaller; petals 

 merely toothed ; spur little exoeeding the lip. July. 

 N. J. to La. near the coast. B.B. 1:464. 



BB. Color dnnaiar-oravqe. Ilie sepals red-spotted 

 outside. 



10. cinnabarina, Rolfe. Small : stem leafy : lip 3 

 lobed ; spur straight, nearly equaling ovary. Madagas- 

 car. —Not in Amer. trade. 



AAAA. FJs. with green sepals and 

 petals: Up briltiantty colored. 



11. militiris, Reichb. £. (S. pu- 

 sllla, Reichb. f.). Bluish glaucous: 

 fls. numerous; lip scarlet, trifid, mid- 

 lobe bifid ; spur long and very slen- 

 der, greenish white. Cochin China. 

 R.H. 1888:896. J.H. III. 33:53. G. 

 M. 36:436. — The author says of this ' 

 fine plant: "No English soldier can 

 boast a jacket of a deeper scarlet 

 than the lip of our plant." Not in 

 Amer. trade. 



12. rhodocheila, Hance. Nearly 

 related to militaris, but fls. fewer 

 and subcorymbose; petals almost 

 helmet-shaped ; lip varying from 

 deep rose-pink to cinnabar and 

 madder; spur dull yellow. China 

 B.M. 7571.— Not in Amer. trade. 



AAAAA. Fls. white to green or 



greenish yellow. 



B. Color pure white. 



c. Lip entire. 



13. nivea, Spreng. Lvs., except 

 1 or 2 lowest, bract-like : fls. nu 

 merous, loosely clustered, small, 

 spur very slender. Summer. Del 

 to Ala. B.B. 1:402. 



14. leucfistachys, Wats. Usually 

 tall and stout : lvs. several : fls 

 many, rather large. Idaho to Ariz , 

 Calif . and Oreg. Mn. 6:81.-Nearl\ 

 related to IT. dilatata, but distin 

 guished by its spur greatly exceed 

 ing the sepals. 



cc. Lip fringed. 



15. blepharigWttis, Poir. Fls. 

 much as in ciliaris, but somewhat 

 smaller ; petals slightly erose at 

 apex; spur about 3 times as long as 

 lip. .July. Newfoundland to N. C. 

 and Minn. B.B. 1:465. Mn. 8:113.- 

 natives. 



OCO. Lip 3-parted. 

 IC. longecalcarkta, A. Rich. Lvs. all radical: fls. 1-3, 

 large, long-stalked ; middle lobe of lip narrow, lateral 

 ones broader, unevenly fringed; spur twice as long as 

 ovary, with pedicel. July, Aug, India. B.M. 7228. — Not 

 in Amer. trade. 



17. Susinnae, R. Br. (IT. gigantea, Don). Stem tall, 

 stout, leafy: fls. 3-5, very large, fragrant ; broad, fan- 

 shaped side lobes of lip deeply fringed ; midlobe tongue- 

 shaped, entire; spur more than twice as long as ovary 

 and pedicel. India, Malaya, China. B.M. 3374. G.C. III. 

 16:279. J.H. III. 29:226.-This and the preceding are 

 among the largest-fld. and showiest Habenarias. Not in 

 Amer. trade. 



BB. Color partly or wholly green, or greenish yellow. 



c. Lip deeply S-lobed or 3-parted. 



D. Petals cleft or parted into 2 lobes or segments. 



18. flwesii, Hook. Erect, leafy : fls. few, large, 

 greenish yellow; petals cleft almost to base into long, 

 slender, sickle-shaped, hairy segments; lip smooth, the 

 segments long and slender. India. B.M. 74 78.- A re- 

 markable species. 



19. BonMea, Reichb. f. (Bonhtea specidsa, Willd.). 

 Stout, leafy: fls. rather large, light green and white ; 



HABENAEIA 



707 



1015. Habenaria 

 ciliaris. or Yellow 

 FrinEcd Orchid. 



(X3-4.) 



-One of our finest 



lobes of lip, especially central one, tubular towards 

 base. S.Afr. G. C. III. 17:743. -Cult. likei>t.sa ffrandi- 

 flora. 



DD. Petals not cleft or parted. 

 E. Spur sac-shaped : lobes of lip entire. 



20. chlordntha, Spreng. Lvs. clasping : fls. not ex- 

 ceeding bracts, greenish. Mascarene Islands. 



EE. Spur long and slender. 

 F. Middle lobe of lip entire, the others fringed. 



21. radiita, Spreng. Petals exceeding sepals ; spur 

 greenish white, about equaling the ovary. Aug., Sept. 

 Japan. 



FF. All lobes of lip deeply fringed. 



22. leucophaea, Gray. Four ft. high or less : fls. large, 

 whitish or greenish, fragrant ; petals erose ; spur ex- 

 ceeding ovary. July. N.Y. to Minn, and Ark. B.B. 

 1:405. 



2.T. Ucera, R. Br. Ragged Orchis. Smaller : fls. 

 greenish yellow; spur not equaling ovary. June, July. 

 Nova Scotia to Ga. and Mo. B.B. 1 :465. 



cc. Lip merely toothed or slightly lobed : fls. incon* 



spicuous. 



D. Fls. much shorter than the conspicuous bracts : 



spur sac-shaped, short. 



24. bracteita, R. Br. Fls. greenish ; spur often white. 

 Summer. Northeastern U. S. to B. C, Eu. B.B. 1:463. 



DP. Fls. nearly equaling or exceeding bracts : spur 

 long and slender. 



E. Lvs. 1-3 near base of stem. 



25. tridentita. Hook. Pis. greenish, loosely clustered; 

 lip wide at apex, 3-toothed ; spur incurved. July, Aug. 

 Newfoundland to Minn., Pla. and La. A.G. 12:153. 

 B.B. 1:463. 



EE. Lvs. 3 or more. 



26. virSscens, Spreng. Leafy: fls. greenish; lip only 

 slightly exceeding petals, with 2 lateral teeth and a 

 nearly basal wart. July. Range of preceding. B.B. 

 1:464. 



ccc. Lip entire: fls. inconspictwus . 



D. Large lvs. all basal. 



E. Leaf solitary. 



27. obtus&ta, Richards. Spike loosely-fld. : fls. yellow- 

 green; lip deflexed; spur about equaling lip. Summer. 

 Across B. Amer., south to N.Y. and Col. B.B. 1:461. 



EE. Leaves S. 



F. Spur much exceeding ovary. 



28. orbiculita, Torr. Lvs. orbicular, lying on the 

 ground: Hs. numerous, loosely clustered, greenish ; lip 

 white, obtuse. July, Aug. Across B. Amer. and Minn, 

 to mountains of N. C. B.B. 1:461. 



29. bifdlia, R. Br. Butterfly Orchis. Lvs. oblong: 

 fls. white, with tips of spur and lip greenish, fragrant in 

 the evening. May, June. Eu. 



FF. Spur about equaling ovary. 



30. Hookeri^na, Gray (R. HobJseri, Lindl.). Lvs. 

 oval, obovate or orbicular : fls. greenish yellow ; lip 

 acute. Summer. Nova Scotia to N. J. and Iowa. B.B. 

 1:401. 



DD. Large lvs. several above the base. 



E. SpiJce commonly dense. 



31. hyperbdrea, R. Br. Fls. greenish ; petals, obtuse 

 lip and slender spur all about equally long. Summer. 

 Northern U. S. to Nova Scotia and Alaska. B.B. 1:462. 



31. 61egans, Boland. Large lvs. all on lower part of 

 stem: fls. numerous, small, greenish ; sepals 1-nerved, 

 all alike; spur filiform. Vancouver Island to Calif. 



EE. Spike commonly loose. 



F. Spur short, sac-shaped. 



.33. gricills, S. Wats. Three ft. high or less : spike 

 long, many-fld. : fls. greenish ; spur about equaling lip 

 and sepals. Ore. and Wash. 



