(j34 ORDER 138. ORCHID ACB^E. 



in a straight raceme, yellowish-green, the spur 9 12" in length. Ju., Jl (ft 

 Hookeriana, 2d Edit.) 



5 P. hyperborea Lindl. St. leafy ; Ivs. very erect, acute, lanceolate ; spike elon- 

 gated, many-flowered; bracts linear-lanceolate, acute, longer than the flower; 

 sep. deflexed ; petals and lip linear, obtuse, subequal, the latter somewhat lanceolate, 

 and about as long as the pendulous, obtuse spur. A tall, leafy, variable species, 

 in mountainous woods and open meadows. N. Y. to Mich, and Can. Stems thick, 

 1 to 3 or even 4f high. Lvs. lanceolate, 4 to ?' by 1 to !'. Flowers greenish 

 in shades, nearly white in open situations, forming a long, more or less dense 

 spike. Jl. A conrser plant than the next, which it often approaches in the more 

 slender variety HURONENSIS. 



6 P. dilatata Lindl. St. slender; Ivs. lance-linear and linear, acute; spike many- 

 flowered, virgate ; bracts lance-linear, about as long as the flowers ; upper sepal 

 ovate, obtuse, the lateral narrower and spreading; lip linear, entire, obtuse, dilated 

 and rhomboid at base, about equaling the petals, and a little shorter than, the ob- 

 tuse, incurved spur, which is longer than the ovary. Swamps, N. States (rare) 

 and Can. More slender and delicate than the last, 10' to 2f high. Lvs. often 

 narrow and grass-like 6 to 10' long. Fls. 10 to 50, pure white, varying to green- 

 ish. Spur about 4" long. Jl. (0. dilatata Ph.) 



7 P. bracteata Torr. St. leafy ; Ivs. oblong, obtuse, upper ones ncuto ; spike lax ; 

 bracts 2 to .3 times as loog as the flowers; sep. connivent, ovate; petals linear, 

 erect ; lip linear-cuneate, truncate, 3-toolhed at the end, the middle tooth small or 

 obsolete ; spur short, inflated, obtuse. A small, green-flowered orchis, in shades. 

 St. 6 to 9' high. Lvs. about 3, 18 to 30" by 6 to 12", upper bracts as short as 

 the flower. Spikes 2 to 3' long. Fls. yellowish-green. Lip as long as the ovary, 

 3 times as long as the sack-like spur. Can. to Ya., "W. to 111. Jl., Aug. (Peri- 

 stylus Lindl.) 



8 P. flava Gray. St. leafy, lower Ivs. oblong, acute, upper lanceolate, acuminate ; 

 spike rather dense, cylindric ; bracts longer than the fls. ; lip oblong, obtuse, with a 

 tooth each side at base ; palate with one tuberculate tooth ; spur filiform, rather 

 shorter than the sessile ovary. In alluvial soils, North and South. St. flexuous, 

 12 to 18' high. Lvs. about 3, with long sheaths, 3 to 6 or 1' by f to 2', tapering 

 to an acute summit. Fls. in a long, thin spike. Sep. short, ovate, green. Petals 

 yellowish, drying brownish. Upper bracts about as long as the flowers, lower 

 one 2 or 3 times as long. The tubercle of the lip is a remarkable character. Jn. 

 (0. flava L. 0. herbiole and fuscescens Ph. 0. bidentata Ell.) 



9 P. cristata Lindl. CRESTED ORCHIS. Slender, lower Ivs. lance-linear, very 

 acute, the sepal gradually reduced, linear, acuminate ; spike oblong, densely 

 CO-flowered; sep. and pet. roundish (1 to 2" long), the latter crenate ; lip oblong, 

 pinuately fimbriate, nearly as long as tho spur which is half as long as the slender- 



beaked ovary. Swamps, N. J. to Ga. and La. A delicate, yellow Orchis, 18' to 

 2f high. Lvs. G to 10' long. Fls. quite small, tho sep. and pet. scarcely mora 

 than 1" long, spur 2 to 3". Jn., Jl. 



10 P. ciliaris Lindl. YELLOW FRINGED ORCHIS. Lower Ivs. lanceolate ; spike- 

 oblong, dense, with numerous large fls. ; bracts shorter than the ovary ; lip. ob- 

 long-lanceolate, deeply fringe-ciliate, twice longer than the linear, notched petals; 

 spur longer than the slender-beaked ovary. Delicately beautiful, with bright orange- 

 colored fls., in swamps, Can. and U. S., Hot common. St. about 2f high. Lvs. 

 sheathing at base ; lower ones 3 to 5' long, rapidly diminishing upwards. Sep. 

 roundish^ obtuse, concave. Petals linear, very small, incised at the summit ; tho 

 lip narrow, lanceolate, conspicuously fringed, 4" long. Spur 1' in length. JL, 

 Aug. 



11 P. Blephariglottis Lindl. WHITE FRINGED ORCHIS. Lower Ivs. lanceolate, 

 channeled ; spike oblong, dense ; bracts linear, acuminate, shorter than the whits 

 flowers; petals spatulate, dentate at apex; lip lanceolate, ciliate, as long as tho 

 upper sepal , spur much longer than the long-beaked ovary In swamps, N. Y. 

 to Car., Tesembing the last species, but distinguished, at least, by the color of its 

 fls. which are of a pure white. St. 1 to 2f high. Flowers fewer than in tho 

 last. Sepals roundish-oblong, lateral retlexed. Lip fringed in, the middle, 2'' long. 

 Jn., JL 



