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Small, moist woodland orchid, with bulbous onion-like roots, 

 more or less exposed. May I7th-June ist-July i6th. 



Flowers purplish-green in loose terminal raceme, many-flow- 

 ered, and showy. Labellum purple, wedge-obovate. Sepals 

 and petals narrow and reflexed. Stem or scape, 4-10 inches 

 high. Leaves, 2, basal, oval, 2-5 inches long, smooth shining 

 emerald-green. Seed-capsule club-shaped, erect. 



Continental Range— Vxoxn Maine southward to Georgia and 

 Alabama; westward to Minnesota. 



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

 quent ; Vermont, infrequent; Massachusetts, infrequent ; Rhode 

 Island, rare ; Connecticut, frequent. 



2.— IvEPTORCHIS LOESELII (Linnaeus) MacMillan, 



1753-1892 



LoeseVs Green Twayblade— Fen-Orchis 



The specific name, Loeselii, refers to the dedication of this 

 species in honor of the botanist Loesel. 



Small damp thicket or dry sandy roadside orchid, with onion- 

 like bulbous roots ; old bulbs adhering to latest bulb, somewhat 

 exposed. May 3oth-June 25th-July 27th. 



Flowers greenish, minute y6~}i inch long, in a few-flowered 

 raceme, smaller than preceding species, L. liliifolia ; one of 

 the smallest native orchids. Labellum pointed, obovate, apex 

 incurved. Sepals narrow, lanceolate. Petals reflexed, linear. 

 Stem or scape 2-8 inches high, 5-7 ribbed. Leaves 2, basal, 

 2-6 inches long, stiff", strongly veined, resembling Plantain 

 leaves. Seed-capsules erect, wide-angled. 



Continental Range — From Nova Scotia southward to Mary- 

 land, Kentucky ; westward, to Minnesota and Washington. 



New England Range — Maine, common ; New Hampshire, 

 frequent ; Vermont, common ; Massachusetts, infrequent ; 

 Rhode Island, not reported ; Connecticut, rare. 



XI 

 Calypso ' 



Salisbury, 1807 

 Beautiful Calypso— Northern Calypso 



The generic name. Calypso, refers to the dedication of this 

 genus to the Goddess Calypso. Its Greek signification is not 



' Genus not reported for Hoosac Valley region, although 

 native of Vermont. 



