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stem leafy, 1-2)4. feet high. Raceme of flowers not as broad 

 as in Habenaria psycodes, but more nearly resembling the 

 spike oi Habenaria lacera in form, yet fewer-flowered. Leaves 

 several, as iu Habenaria lacera. 



Continental Range — Pownal Swamps, southwestern Ver- 

 mont; no other station appears to be reported for this natural 

 hybrid of the Purple-Fringed and Ragged Orchises (H. psycodes 

 and H. lacera), yet it appears to be flourishing and increasing 

 in numbers in its special haunts. 



New England Range — Vermont, rare; Pownal Swamps 

 August 5, 1901 (Marcus White and A. LeRoy Andrews) ; Au- 

 gust 10-16, 1903 (Grace G. Niles). 



IV 



Po^onia 



Jussieu, 1789 



Sweet Pogonias 



The generic name, Pogonia, comes from the Greek ncoyco- 

 viai, signifying bearded, from the bearded labellum of the type 

 species. 



Small bogland or woodland orchids, with fibrous creeping 

 roots. Anther, i. Labellum erect from base of the column, 

 spurless. Sepals and petals free. Anther terminal, stalked, at- 

 tached to back of column. Pollinia, 2, i in each anther-sac, 

 powdery-granular, without caudicle. Flowers solitary or 1-3 

 in terminal raceme. Leaves 1-5, alternating, or in whorls as 

 in Pogonia verticillata. Seedlings numerous iu many places. 



Continental Range— Th^re: are about forty-five species of this 

 genus distributed in the wooded regions of the world. The 

 species of Pogonia have formerly been confused with Arethusa. 



North American species north of Mexico 5 



New England species 4 



Hoosac Valley species 3-4 



New England species : 



1. P. o/!>//;cir^(9^-yo/fl'^5(LinnEeus) Ker, 1753-1816. 



2. P. trianthopJwra (Swartz) B. S. P., iSoo-1888. 



3. P. verticillata (Willdenow) Nuttall, 1S05-1818. 



4. P. affinis Austin, 1867. 



