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Flowers not pure white. 

 Flowers lilac or purple. 



Segments of the 3-parted lip merely cut-toothed; flowers 



violet purple Purple orchis, no. 169 



Segments of the 3-parted lip deeply fringed; flowers lilac, 



fragrant Purple-fringed orchis, no. 170 



Flowers greenish-yellow Ragged orchis, no. 171 



166. Yellow-crested Orchis. Blephariglottis cristata. Stem 

 8-20 in. high, angled. Leaves lanceolate, sharp-pointed, 2-8 

 in. long, scarcely i in. wide. Flowers bright orange, the lip 

 deeply fringed but not 3-divided. Spur about 34 ^^- loJ^g^- 

 Summer. Bogs or meadows, N. J. to the Gulf. 



167. Yellow-fringed Orchis. Blephariglottis ciliaris. From 

 1-23/2 ft. high. Leaves lanceolate 4-8 in. long, ^-13^ in. 

 wide. Flowers orange-yellow in a dense spike that is often 

 3 in. thick. Lip deeply fringed, but not 3-divided, much ex- 

 ceeded by the long spur. Summer. Meadows, New England 

 to Fla. and westward. Fig. 167. 



168. White-Fringed Orchis. Blephariglottis blephariglottis. 

 Similar to the preceding in foliage. Flowers pure white, 

 smaller than the preceding. Summer. Newfoundland to 

 Fla. and westward, mostly in bogs and meadows. 



169. Purple Orchis. Blephariglottis peramoena. Stem i- 

 23^ ft. Leaves acute at the tip 4-8 in. long, 3^-1 >^ in. wide. 

 Flowers showy, violet-purple. Lip 3-divided, the fan-shaped 

 divisions cut-toothed but not truly fringed. Summer. Wet 

 meadows, N. J. to Ala. and Tenn. west to 111. and Mo. 

 Fig. 169. 



170. Purple-fringed Orchis. Blephariglottis psycodes. 

 Sometimes as high as 3 ft. Leaves oval or lance-oval, 2-10 in. 

 long, 1-3 in. wide. Flowers lilac-purple, fragrant, the lip 

 deeply 3-divided, the fan-shaped divisions fringed, especially 

 the 2 outer ones. Spur nearly i in. long, thickened at the tip. 

 Summer. Moist places, Newf. to N. Car. and Tenn. west to 

 Minn. Fig. 170. A related species Blephariglottis grandi flora, 

 differing in having all the segments of the 3-divided lip 

 equally fringed, and in its larger flowers, is found from 

 eastern Canada to N. Car. 



171. Ra(;ged Orchis. Blephariglottis lacera. From 1-2 ft. 

 Leaves 5-8 in. long, 1-13^ in. wide. Flowers greenish-yellow, 



