ORCHID FAMILY. 



Urge Round-lew* OK**. 



j. Habenaria orbiculata (Pursh) Torr. 



(Fig. 1096.) 



<>>,-/i is orhiculata Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 588. 1814 

 Habenaria orbiculata Torr. Conip. ^18. 1826. 



Scape stout, bracted, i-2 high, occasionally 

 bearing a small leaf. Basal leaves 2, orbicular, 

 spreading flat on the ground, shining above, sil- 

 very beneath, 4 / -7 / in diameter; raceme loosely 

 many-flowered; pedicels nearly %' long, the fruit- 

 ing ones erect; flowers greenish white; upper sepal 

 short, rounded; lateral sepals spreading, falcate- 

 ovate, obtuse 4"-5" long; petals smaller; lip ob- 

 long-linear, entire, obtuse, white, about 6" long; 

 spur much longer than the ovary, often i%' long; 

 anther-sacs prominent, converging above; glands 

 small, orbicular, nearly #' apart, their faces turned 

 toward the axis. 



In rich woods, Newfoundland to British Columbia, 

 south to North Carolina and Minnesota. Ascends t,i 

 4500 ft. in Virginia. July-Aug. 



2. Habenaria Hookeriana A. Gray. Hooker's Orchis. 



/f,i/> c -n,ii i nia A. Gray. Ai . V J 



229. 1836. 

 Habenaria or bi. : Juarn 



Hi. 1822. N 

 Habsnai i ; var. oblong: 



< )neida. 83. 1865. 



Scape S'-is' high, not bracted. Leave* a, baaal. 

 fleshy, shining, spreading or ascending, oral, or- 

 bicular or obovate, 3'-5#' long; raceme rather 

 loosely many-flowered, 4'-8' long; bract* cute. 

 about as long as the yellowish green flower*; lat- 

 eral sepals greenish, lanceolate, acute, ftpmding, 

 about 4" long; petals narrowly linear or awl- 

 shaped; lip linear-lanceolate, acute '<*>R'. 



anther-sacs widely diverging below; glands tmall. 

 their faces turned inward; spur slender, acute, V 

 long or more, as long as the ovary or considerably 

 longer. 



In woods, Nova Scotia to Minnesota. tooth I 

 Jersey, lYini>yl\ama ami liw.v Jun< 



3. Habenaria obtusata (Pursh) Richards. 

 Small Northern Bog Orchis. (Fig. 1098. ) 



Orchis obtusata Pursh. Fl. Am. Sept. 588. 1814. 

 Habenaria obtusata Richards, App. Frank. Journ. 750. 

 1823. 



Scape slender, naked, 4 / -io / high, 4-angled. 

 Leaf solitary, basal, obovate, 2'-$' long, 5"-i2" 

 wide; spike i / -2^ / long, loose flowers greenish 

 yellow, about 3" long; upper sepal erect, round- 

 ovate, green with whitish margins; lateral sepals 

 spreading, oblong, obtuse; petals shorter, dilated 

 or obtusely 2-lobed at the base, connate with the 

 base of the column ; lip entire, lanceolate, obtuse, 

 deflexed, about 3" long; spur about as long as the 

 lip, slender, nearly straight, blunt; anther-sacs 

 widely divergent below, glands small, rather thick. 



In bogs, New Brunswick to British Columbia, south 

 to Maine, New York and Colorado. July-Sept. 



