264 Bo^-Trotting for OrcKids 



I.— GYROSTACHYS ROMANZOFFIANA (Cbamisso), Mac- 

 Millan, 182S-1892 



Hooded Ladies' Tresses 



The specific name, Romanzoffiana, refers to the species being 

 named in honor of Count Romanzov, a Russian nobleman. 



Rather conspicuous bogland orchid, with 1-6 tuberous roots. 

 July I5th-August ajth-September 8th. 



Flowers white or greenish,3-rowed, in spiked racemes, slightly 

 twisted, 2-4 inches long, ]/i-% inch thick ; very fragrant. 

 Labellum oblong, contracted below the crisped apex. Sepals 

 and petals broad at the base, hooded above. Stem 6-15 inches 

 high. Leaves below, near the base, 3-8 inches long, with bracts 

 above. Seedlings produce but one tuber, older plants several 

 adhering, older tubers finally withering. 



Co7itinejital Range — From Uualaska and New Metlakatla, 

 along the southeastern coast of Alaska, southward to Pennsyl- 

 vania ; westward to the Pacific Ocean, ascending 8500 feet alti- 

 tude in moist meadows in Yellowstone Park, Montana, and 

 9500 feet on Mount Graham, in Arizona. It is especially a 

 Northern species. 



New England Range — Maine, frequent ; New Hampshire, 

 infrequent ; Vermont, infrequent ; Massachusetts, rare ; Re- 

 servoia Swamp, Notch Road, North Adams, August 17th, 1903 

 (Grace G. Niles) ; swamps, base of Mount Greylock, Adams, 

 (Marcus White) ; Mr. White is the first botanist to collect this 

 species in Massachusetts. 



2. — GYROSTACHYS PLANTAGINEA (Rafinesque) Britton, 

 1818-1896 



Eari,y Broad-Leaved Ladies' Tresses 



The specific nam^yplantaginea, refers to a supposed resem- 

 blance of this species to the spikes and foliage of certain 

 species of Plantain {Plantago). 



Small moist woodland orchid, with fleshy-fibrous roots. June 

 7th-July 2nd-August 15th. 



Flowers yellow and white, spreading, }i inch long, in densely 

 flowered raceme, 1-2 inches long, ^-^^ inch thick. Labellum 

 pale yellow on face, oblong, not contracted in middle, apex 

 rounded and fringed, base clawed. Sepals and petals white ; 

 lateral sepals free, lanceolate, upper sepal, united with petals. 

 Stem 4-10 inches high. Leaves 4-5, oblanceolate, 1-5 inches 

 long, becoming bract-like above. 



