HABENARIA 



9. cristata, R. Br. Smaller: fls. much smaller; petals 

 merely toothed ; spur little exceeding the lip. July. 

 N. J. to La. near the coast. B.B. 1:464. 



BB Colot cmnahar oranqe Oie sepals led spotted 



outside 

 10 cmnabarlna Rolf '5m ill stem leif\ lip 3 

 Midagas 



HABENARIA 



707 



>/ 



ntid mid 



petal I I I it 



11 militiris 1 

 Silla Kill II 

 flsnumiiju hi 



lobe bifad spui 1 ug ind very slen 

 der greenish w hxte Cochin China 

 R H 18S8 -!% J H III ii ■j') f 

 M ib 436 -The author says of thi 

 fine plant No English soldier c u 

 boa t a ] icket of a deeper scai I t 

 than the lip of our plant Ni t ii 

 Amei tiade 



12 rhodocheila Hance Neirh 

 related to raihtdn but fls fenei 

 and subcor-i mliose petals almost 

 helmet shi]ie I lip i irying from 

 deep r I" nil to imiibar and 

 maddd i m lull ^ II w (_ hma 

 B M o 1 -\ t 111 \m 1 tiade 



Fl 



B Co?oi put uhite 

 C Lip eiitiu 

 13 mvea "spren^ Lvs i 

 1 or 2 lowest bract like fis nu 

 merous loosely clustered small 

 spur very slender Summer Del 

 to Ala B B 1 402 



14. Ieuc6stachys, Wats. Usually 

 tall and stout : Ivs. several : fls. 

 many, rather large. Idaho to Ariz., 

 Calif . and Oreg. Mn. 6:81. -Nearly 

 related to ff. dilatata, but distin- 

 guished by its spur greatly exceed- 

 ing the sepals. 



cc. Lip fringed. 



15. blepharigl6ttis, Poir. Fls. 

 much as in ciliaris, but somewhat 

 smaller ; petals slightly erose at 

 apex; spur aljout 3 times as long as 

 lip. July. Newfoundland to N. C. 

 and Minn. B.B. 1:465. Mn. 8:113. 



1015. Habenaria 

 ciliaris, or Yellow 

 Fringed Orchid. 



of 



CCC. Lip 3-parted. 



16. longecalcarita, A. Rich. Lvs. all radical: fls. 1-3, 

 large, long-stalked ; middle lobe of lip narrow, lateral 

 ones broader, unevenly fringed; spur twice as long as 

 ovary, with pedicel. July, Aug. India. B.M. 7228. -Not 

 in Amer. trade. 



17. Sus4nn8B, R. Br. (IT. gigantea, Don). Stem tall, 

 stout, leafy: fls. 3-5, very large, fragrant ; broad, fan- 

 shaped side lobes of lip deeply fringed; niidlobe tongue- 

 shaped. I'litin-; spur iiicjio than twice as long as ovary 



and p.M I. hi.lia. M:,l:.ya, Cliiiia. B.M. 3374. G.C. III. 



16:27'.*. .1.11. III. li'.i:'J"Jfi. — Tins and the preceding are 

 among tin- lai^;cst-ll.l. ami sh.jwiest Habenarias. Not in 

 Amer. trade. 



BE. Color partly or wholly green, or greenish yellow. 



c. Lip deeply S-lobed or 3-parted. 



D. Petals cleft or parted into 3 lobes or segments. 



18. filwesii, Hook. Erect, leafy : fls. few, large, 

 greenish yellow; petals cleft almost to base into long, 

 slender, sickle-shaped, hairy segments; lip smooth, the 

 segments long and slender. India. B.M. 7478.— A re- 

 markable species. 



19. Bonatea, Reichb. f. (Botidfea specidsa, Willd.). 

 Stout, leafy: fls. rather large, light green and white ; 



lobes of lip, especially 

 base. S.Afr. G. C. III. : 



DD. Petals not cleft or parted. 

 E. Spur sac-shaped : lobes of lip entire. 



20. chlordntha, Spreng. Lvs. clasping : fls. not ex- 

 ceeding bracts, greenish. Mascarene Islands. 



EE. Spur long and slender. 

 F. ifiddle lobe of lip entire, the others fringed. 



21. radiita, Spreng. Petals exceeding sepals ; spur 

 greenish white, about equaling the ovary. Aug., Sept. 

 Japan. 



FF. All lobes of lip deeply fringed. 



22. leucophsea, Gray. Four ft. high or less : fls. large, 

 whitish or greenish, fragrant ; petals erose ; spur ex- 

 ceeding ovary. July. N. Y. to Minn, and Ark. B.B. 

 1:465. 



23. Idcera, R. Br. Ragged Okchis. Smaller: fls. 

 greenish yellow; spur not equaling ovary. June, July. 

 Nova Scotia to Ga. and Mo. B.B.I :465. 



cc. Lip merely toothed or slightly lobed : fls. incon- 



spicwous. 



D. Fls. much shorter than the conspicuoiis bracts: 



spur sac-shaped, short. 



24. bracteita, R. Br. Fls. greenish ; spur often white. 

 Summer. Northeastern U. S. to B. C, Eu. B.B. 1:463. 



DD. Fls. nearly equaling or exceeding bracts : spur 

 long and slender, 



E. Li-s. 1-2 near base of stem. 



25. tridentata, Hook. Fls. greenish, loosely clustered; 

 hp wide at apex, 3-toothed ; spur incurved. July, Aug. 

 Newfoundland to Minn., Fla. and La. A.G. 12:153. 



B. 1:463. 



EE. Lvs. 3 or more. 



26. vir^soens, Spreng. Leafy: fls. greenish; lip only 

 slightly exceeding petals, with 2 lateral teeth and a 

 nearly basal wart. July. Range of preceding. B.B. 



CCC. Lip entire: fls. inconspicuous. 



D. Large Irs. all basal. 



E. Leaf solitary. 



27. obtUBita, Richards. Spike loosely-fld. : fls. yellow- 

 green; lip detlexed; spur about equaling lip 

 Across B. Amer., south to N. Y. and Col. B. 



EE. Leaves 2. 



F. Spur much exceeding ovary. 



28. orbiouUta, Torr. Lvs. orbicular, lying on the 

 ground: fls. numerous, loosely clustered, greenish ; lip 



Julv, Aug. Across B. At 



:461. 



Qd Minn. 



white, obtus 



to mountains of N. 



29. bildlia, R. Br. Butterfly Orchis. Lvs. oblong: 

 fls. white, with tips of spur and lip greenish, fragrant m 

 the evening. May, June. Eu. 



DD. Large lvs. several above the ba 

 E. Spike commonly dense. 

 hyperh6rea, R. Br. Fl 



31. ^legans, P." 

 all alike; spur til 



33. gracilis, 

 loni;, maiiy-Hd 

 and sepals. Oi 



lish ; petals, obtuse 

 ally long. Summer. 

 Alaska. B.B. 1:462. 

 all on lower part of 

 ill ; sepals 1-nerved, 

 ■ Island to Calif. 



ft. high or less : spike 

 equaling lip 



