28o Bog-Trotting for OrcKids 



Slender woodland orchid, with coral-branching roots. March 

 1st, Florida (Curtiss); Alabama, February-May. 



Flowers whitish, 6-15, in spiked raceme 2-5 inches long ; 

 pedicels, erect and slender. Labellum broad and oval, white, 

 clawed, with spots of crimson ; notched at apex, differing in 

 this from C. odontorhiza, which is not notched at the apex, 

 but projects acutely ; spur a conspicuous protuberance adnate 

 to top of the ovary. Stem 8-16 inches high. Leaves re- 

 duced to several sheathing scales. Seed-capsule oblong droop- 

 ing, when ripe. 



Continental Range— Vrom Massachusetts southward to Flor- 

 ida and Texas ; westward to Ohio, taking much the same 

 range, and flowering at the same time as C. odontorhiza. 



New England Range — Massachusetts, rare. 



4.— CORAIvLORHIZA MULTIFLORA Nuttall, 1823 



Spotted Large CoravRoot 



The specific name, multiflora, refers to the multiplying of 

 both flowers and plants in many stations. 



Tall woodland orchid, with large masses of coralloid roots. 

 May (Canada)-June 2oth-July (Maine); August 14th (Massa- 

 chusetts) ; September 15th (Connecticut). 



Flowers, 10-30, brownish-purple, in spiked raceme 2-8 inches 

 long ; pedicels short ; flowers %-}( inch long. Labellum white, 

 spotted with purple, oval deeply 3-lobed, central lobe broad ; 

 side lobes narrow, apex curved. Spur manifest. Sepals and 



Eetals linear-lanceolate. Stem 2-20 inches high, purplish, 

 eaves reduced to several appressed scales. Seed-capsule ob- 

 long, drooping when ripe. 



Continental Range— Vxom Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, south- 

 ward to Florida ; westward to California. Ascends 2500 feet alti- 

 tude in Montana (Tweedy). 



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

 Vermont, rare ; Massachusetts, frequent ; Rhode Island, rare ; 

 Connecticut, frequent. 



XIII 



Tipularia ^ 



Nuttall, 1818 



Crane-Fi^y Orchis 



The generic name, Tipularia, refers to the flowers resembling 

 insects of genus Tipula. 



• Genus not reported for Hoosac Valley region, although 

 native of Vermont, 



