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GREEN WOOD ORCHIS (Habenaria clavellata) 



has from three to sixteen inconspicious greenish 

 flowers in a loose spike at the top of a stem from 

 6 to 18 in. high; lip oblong and with three teeth; 

 spur long, slender and curved upwards and to one 

 side. One or two oblong-lanceolate leaves with ob- 

 tuse tips, clasp the stem near the base while several 

 small bracts alternate along it. Grows in bogs from 

 Newfoundland to Minn, and southwards. 



GREEN-FRINGED ORCHIS (Habenaria flava) is a 

 common green orchis (formerly virescens). The 

 lower leaves are oblong-lanceolate, while the upper 

 ones are linear, diminishing in size and passing into 

 the flower bracts. The flower lip "is square-ended 

 and toothed; spur slender and about the length of 

 the flower. In the whole U. S. and southern Canada, 

 we may find this species growing in bogs or wet 

 places. 



Habenaria bracteata is similar to flava, but the 

 flower bracts are large, being from two to four times 

 the length of the flowers; the spur is about half the 

 length of the flower. The upper leaves are lanceo- 

 late and pointed; the lower ones are broader. The 

 stem ranges in height from 6 to 20 inches. This 

 species is also found in bogs, from N. S. to Alaska 

 and south through the U. S.. 



Habenaria integra is similar in size and shape to 

 clavellata but the flowers are a bright orange-yellow 

 in color; the lip is ovate, rough on the edge; the spur 

 is short, tiny and descending. It grows in wet pine 

 barrens from N. J. and Tenn. south to Fla. and Tex., 

 flowering in June. 



Habenaria nivea is a southern species found along 

 the coast from Del. to Fla. It is more slender than 

 the preceding species. The leaves are narrow, and 

 the numerous flowers are white, with narrow lips 

 and petals; spur short, slender and ascending. 



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