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segments of the flower very narrow, about i^ in. long, 

 dark purple, much exceeding the lip. Lip crested, greenish- 

 yellow. Pod I in. long. June. Ontario to Fla. west to Mich, 

 and Ind. Fig. 164. A related form, Isotria affinis, which dif- 

 fers in being smaller and in having the outer segments of 

 the flowers about the length of the lip is rare and local in 

 New England, N. J. and Pa. 



165. FRINGED ORCHIS. BLEPHARIGLOTTIS 

 {H ABENAKI A.) 



Tall leafy-stemmed showy orchids, mostly growing in moist 

 places, with fleshy or thickened roots. Flowers usually sev- 

 eral in a terminal spike, between each flower of which there 

 is usually a leafy bract. See Figs. 167-170. Lip conspicuously 

 fringed or finely toothed, sometimes 3-divided and each 

 of the divisions fringed. See Fig. 170. 

 Flowers orange or orange-yellow 



Spur about % in. long, shorter than the lip 



Yellow-crested orchis no. 166 



Spur over i in. long, twice as long as the lip 



Yellow- fringed orchis no. 167 



Flowers not orange or orange yellow 



Flowers pure white White- fringed orchis no. 168 



