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green; each flower about two-thirds of an inch long; lateral sepals greenish, 

 lanceolate and spreading, about one-third of an inch long; petals narrowly 

 linear; lip linear-lanceolate, pointed, one-third to nearly one-half of an 

 inch long; spur slender, pointed, two-thirds of an inch or more long, as 

 long or longer than the ovary. 



In cool, moist woods, Nova Scotia to Minnesota, south to New Jersey, 

 Pennsylvania and Iowa. Flowering in June and July or later, in the north. 



Yellow-fringed Orchis 



Blephari glottis ciliaris (Linnaeus) Rydberg 



Plate 37b 



Stem slender, i to 2\ feet high. Leaves lanceolate, pointed, 4 to 8 

 inches long, one-half to \\ inches wide, the upper ones much smaller. 

 Flowers orange or yellow, large and showy in a terminal, many-flowered 

 spike, 3 to 6 inches long; sepals orbicular or broadly ovate, oblique at the 

 base, the lateral ones mostly reflexed; petals much smaller, oblong or 

 cuneate, usually toothed; lip oblong, about one-half of an inch long, 

 copiously fringed more than halfway to the middle; spur i to \\ inches 

 long and very slender. 



In meadows and open places in woods, especially in sandy regions, 

 Vermont and Ontario to Michigan, Missouri, Florida and Texas. In New 

 York State it is rare and local north of the coastal plain, occurring on the 

 Schenectady plains and several other places, especially on the Ontario 

 lowlands, from Rome west to Lake Erie. 



White-fringed Orchis 



Blephari glottis blephariglottis (Willdenow) Rydberg 



Plate 38 



A plant similar to the Yellow-fringed Orchis, but with a densely or 

 rather dense, many-flowered spike of pure-white flowers, the petals toothed 

 or somewhat fringed at the apex, rarely entire, the lip copiously or sparingly 

 fringed. 



