ORCHID FAMILY. 



7. Habenaria Integra (Nutt.) Spreng. 



Small Southern Yellow Orchis. 

 (Fig. 1 102.) 



<inliis Integra Nutt. Gen. a: 188. 1818. 

 Haht-naria integra Spreng. Syst. 3: 689. 1826. 



Stem i-2 high, angled, with 1-3 linear- 

 lanceolate leaves below, and numerous bract-like 

 ones above. Lower leaves 2 / -8 / long, acute; 

 spike i '-3' long, densely flowered; flowers 

 orange-yellow; upper sepals and petals conni- 

 vent; lateral sepals longer, oval or obovate, 

 spreading; lip oblong, mostly crenulate or rn> M -. 

 sometimes entire; spur straight, longer than tin 

 lip, shorter than the ovary; stigma with 2 lateral 

 fleshy appendages and a narrow beak. 



In wet pine barrens, New Jersey to Florida and 

 Louisiana. The upper surface of the leaves is often 

 reticulated with hexagonal cells. July. 



8. Habenaria bracteata (Willd.) R. Br. Long-bracted Orchiv < l ; i>j. 1105.) 



Orchis bracleala Willd. Sj> ; ifcx. 



Habenaria bractrata K Hr in An H<jft- Kew. Rd. t. 



5: 192. 1813. 

 Habenaria nridii var. bratlfata Krirhrnti 



Germ. 13: 130. / 



Stem slender or stout, leafy, 6' -7 high. 

 lanceolate, ovate or oval, or the low tat 

 obovate, obtuse or acut -ng, the 



much smaller; bracts longer than the oraiica, the 

 lower ones 2 or 3 times as long; ipike y 5' lonjj. 

 loosely floweret!; flowers green or greenish; rpab 

 ovate-lanceolate, spreading, dilated or oocwfaat 

 gibbous at the '>a-i .ilx.ut 3" l->n; petals very nar- 

 row, sometime- loaf, ob- 



long-spatulate, 2-3-t<w.thed ..r lobetl at the apes. 

 more than twice as long as the white ac-Iike spur; 

 anther-sacs divergent at the base. 



In woods and meadow*. New Brunswick to British 

 Columbia, south to Nurth Cat 



Also in Europe. Ascend* to tfao ft (n Virginia. Majr- 

 Sept. 



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9. Habenaria clavellata (Michx.) Spreng. 

 Small Green Wood Orchis. (Fig. 1104.) 



1803. 

 1825. 



Orchis clavellata Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 155. 

 Orchis tridentata Willd. Sp. PI. 4: 4'- l8 5- , 

 Habenaria tridentata Hook. Exot. Fl. 2: pi. Si. 

 Habenaria clavellata Spreng. Syst. 3: 689. 1826. 



Stem S'-iS' high, angled, i-leaved near the base, 

 often with several small bract-like leaves above, or 

 one of these larger. Basal leaf oblanceolate, 2'-6' 

 long; bracts shorter than the ovaries; spikes %'-*' 

 long, loosely flowered; flowers small, greenish or 

 whitish; sepals aud petals ovate, lip dilated and 3- 

 toothed at the apex, the teeth often small and in- 

 conspicuous; spur longer than the ovary, incurved, 

 clavate; stigma with 3 club-shaped appendages; 

 anther-sacs nearly parallel; capsule ovoid, .; 

 long, nearly erect. 



In wet or moist woods, Newfoundland to M j"" e ? ot ?' 

 south to Florida and Louisiana. Ascends to 6 

 North Carolina. July-Aug. 



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