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9.— HABENARIA BRACTEATA (Willdenow) R. Brown, 1805- 

 1813 



Long Bracted Orchis 



The specific name, bradeata, refers to the long bracts, sub- 

 tending the seed-capsules of this species. 



A slender bracted bogland orchid, with fleshy-fibrous roots. 

 May Sth-July I4th-August 12th. 



Flowers small, greenish, in a loosely flowered spike, 3-5 

 inches long, subtended by long bracts. Labellum long, spatu- 

 late 2-3 toothed or lobed, twice as long as sac-like spur. Sepals 

 ovate-lanceolate, spreading, dilated, at base; petals very nar- 

 row, thread-like. Stem leafy, slender, or stout, 6 inches to 2 

 feet high. Leaves lanceolate, oval. 



Continental Range— Vxova. Sitka and Unalaska to the Great 

 Plains, approaching the Rocky Mountains in latitude 55° North; 

 southward throughout New England to North Carolina; west- 

 ward to Minnesota, North and South Dakota, and Montana. 



New Ens^land Range — Maine, common ; New Hampshire, 

 common ; Vermont, common ; Massachusetts, frequent ; Rhode 

 Island, rare ; Connecticut, rather rare. 



10.— HABENARIA CLAVELLATA (Michaux) Sprengel, 1803- 

 1826 



Smai,!, YeIvI.owish Bog-Orchis — Smai,l Wood-Orchis 



The specific name, clavellata, refers to the club-shaped ap- 

 pendages of stigma or clavate spur attached to the flowers 

 of this species. 



A small bogland or woodland orchid, with fibrous roots. 

 May 17th (Missouri), June (Alabama) ; July I5th-August 



(Maine). 



Flowers small greenish-yellow, in a loosely flowered spike 

 Yz-i inches long. Labellum dilated, 3-toothed at apex; spur 

 longer than ovary, clavate. Sepals and petals ovate. Stem 

 8-18 inches high. Leaf i, near the base, 1-3 bracts above. 



Continental Range — From Lake Huron, Newfoundland, 

 southward to Alabama ; westward to Indiana, and Missouri. 

 Ascends 6000 feet altitude in North Carolina. 



New England Range — Maine, frequent ; New Hampshire, 

 frequent ; Vermont, infrequent ; Massachusetts, infrequent ; 

 Rhode Island, frequent ; Connecticut, frequent. 



