248 Bog-Trotting for OrcKids 



I.— ORCHIS SPECTABIUS Linnaeus, 1753 



Showy Orchis 



The specific name, spedabilis, refers to the beautiful spectacle 

 of a group of these plants in bloom. 



Small, damp woodland orchid with fleshy-fibrous roots. April 

 igth-June 19th. 



Flowers fragrant, about i inch long, violet-purple mixed with 

 rose-purple and white ; 3-6 flowered in a bracted raceme. 

 Labellum divergent, attached to a spur, purple and white. 

 Sepals and petals arching in a galea. Glands enclosed in a 

 pouch or hooded fold. Stem, scape-like, 4-12 inches high, 

 thick, 5-angled. Leaves 2, basal with 1-2 scales below, and 

 foliaceous bracts above sheathing the seed-capsules. 



Continental Range — From New Brunswick, Ontario, south- 

 ward to Georgia and Alabama ; westward to the Rocky Moun- 

 tains. Ascends 4000 feet altitude in Virginia. 



New England Range — Maine, rare; New Hampshire, fre- 

 quent; Vermont, frequent; Massachusetts, frequent; Rhode 

 Island, rare ; Connecticut, common. 



2.— ORCHIS ROTUNDIFOLIA (Pursh) Lindley, 1814-1835 > 

 Smali, Round-Leaved Orchis 



The specific name, rofundifolia, refers to the round leaf of this 

 species. 



Small woodland or sphagnous bogland orchid with fleshy- 

 fibrous roots. June loth-July. 



Flowers white, rose-purple, flecked with deeper purple, 

 >^-% inch long, subtended by bracts ; raceme 2-6 flowered. 

 Labellum 3-lobed, white, purple-spotted, longer than petals, 

 central lobe largest, two-lobed or notched at the summit ; spur 

 slender, shorter than labellum. Sepals and petals oval, rose- 

 color. Glands enclosed. Stem slender, 8-10 inches high. Leaf 

 I near the base, orbicular or oval, 1^-3 inches long, and 1-2 

 inches wide, sheathing scales below. 



Continental Range — Rare ; from Greenland, southward 

 throughout Canada, in latitude 55°-56° North in British Colum- 

 bia, Rocky Mountain region to Bristol Swamps, Addison 

 County, Vermont, and Norfolk, Connecticut (?). 



New England Range— Ma\n.Q, rare ; New Hampshire, rare ; 

 Vermont, rare ; Massachusetts, not reported ; Rhode Island, 

 not reported ; Connecticut, doubtfully reported. 



' Species not reported for Hoosac Valley region, although 

 native of Vermont. 



