64 A GUIDE TO THE WILD FLOWERS 



not crested or fringed or toothed. Spur shorter than the Hp. 

 Flowers white. 



184. Northern White Orchis. Limnorchis dilatata. Stems 

 round, leafy, 1-2 ft. high. Leaves lanceolate 4-10 in. long, 

 scarcely an inch wide. Spike 3-9 in. long, the flowers small, 

 white. Lip usually a little longer than the spur. Summer. 

 Nova Scotia to N. Y. west to Ore. and Alaska. Fig. 184. 

 Flowers greenish-yellow. 



185. Northern Green Orchis. Limnorchis hyperborca. 

 From ^-3 ft. tall. Leaves lance-oval 3-12 in. long, ^-13^ in. 

 wide. Spike 3-8 in. long. Spur nearly as long as the lip. 

 June-July. Greenland to N. Y. and N. J. west to Colo, and 

 Ore. 



