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Continental Range— 'From New Brunswick, Ontario, south- 

 ward to Virginia; westward to Wisconsin and Minnesota. 

 Rather rare in the southern and western range ; nowhere 

 abundant. 



Neiu England Range— M.&\n^, rare ; New Hampshire, rare ; 

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

 reported ; Connecticut, rare. 



3.— GYROSTACHYS OCHROLEUCA Rydberg, Britton's 

 Manual. 300, 1901 ' 



YE1.1.0W Ladies' Tresses 



The specific name, ochroleuca, refers to the yellowish-green or 

 ochroleucous color of the flowers. 



Small hillside and damp pasture-land orchid, with fleshy or 

 tuberous roots. August-September ist-i5th. 



Flowers yellowish-green, very fragrant, in densely flowered 

 raceme, conspicuously acute in bud, of creamy-green color, in 

 company with G. cernua, but not so abundant. Labellum ob- 

 long, crenulate or crisped. Stem 12-20 inches high, pubescent. 

 Leaves linear, tapering at both ends, basal, with bract-like 

 leaves above. Slightly later than G. cernua. 



Continental Range — From New Hampshire, southward to 

 Pennsylvania, and North Carolina, 



New England Range — Without doubt in each State in com- 

 pany with G. cernua, of which it appears to be a form. Fre- 

 quent Mt. Washington, Massachusetts, and swamps about North 

 Adams, September ist (Grace G. Niles). 



4, —GYROSTACHYS CERNUA (Unnseus) Kuntze, 1753-1891 

 Nodding Ladies' Tresses 



The specific name, cernua, refers to cernuous or nodding 

 flowers of this species. 



Small bogland or damp meadow orchid, with fleshy or tuber- 

 ous roots. August 25th-September ist-28th-October. 



Flowers white, fragrant, nodding or spreading, ^ inch long, 

 in three rows ; densely flowered raceme, twisted, 4-5 inches 

 long> K-/^ inch thick. Labellum oblong, apex rounded, 

 crisped. Lateral sepals free ; upper one arching with petals. 

 Stem 6-25 inches high. Leaves at or near base, linear-oblanceo- 

 late, 3-14 inches long, with 2-6 bracts above. 



' Species doubtfully reported for Hoosac Valley region, al- 

 though native of Massachusetts. 



