ORCHID FAMILY. 





White Fringtd Orchk. 



13. Habenaria blephariglottis (Willd.) Torr. 



(Fig. 1108.) 



Orchis ciliaris var. alba Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. a- 156 

 1803. Not O. alba Lam. 1778. 



blephariglottis Willcl. Sp. PI. 4: 9. 1805. 

 naria blefpiarigloltisforr. Corap. 317. 1826. 

 /aria ciliaris var. alba Morong, Bull. Torr. Club 

 20: 38. 1893. 



Stems and leaves similar to those of the preced- 

 ing species. Spikes densely or rather loosely 

 many-flowered; flowers pure white, usually a little 

 smaller than those of H. ciliaris; lip narrower, 

 :g; petals toothed or somewhat fringed at the 

 fringe of the lip copious or sparse. 



In bogs and swamps, Newfoundland to Minnesota 

 and New Jersey. Intermediate forms between this .mil 

 the preceding species, with light yellow flowi : 

 probably hybrids. Blooms a few days earlier than 

 ciliaris where the two grow together. July-Aug. 



Habenaria blephariglottis holopetala (I.indl.) A. Gray, 



Man. Ed. 5, 502. 1867. 

 Plalantht-ra holopetala Lindl. Gen. it Sp. Orch. 291. 



1835- 



( )ne or both of the petals entire; lip often sparingly 

 fringed. With the type. Probably a mere form. 



Habenaria lacera (Michx.) R. Br. Ragged Orchis. (Fig. 1109.) 



Orchis lacera Michx. Fl. 1' V&. l8o 



Habenaria lacera R. Br. 1' 

 1810. 



Stem rather slender, i-2 high. Leave* firm, 

 lanceolate, 5'-8' long, io"-i8" wide, the upper 

 gradually smaller; spike a'-6' long, looae; Bowers 

 greenish yellow; sepals ovate, obtuse, abot:- 

 long, the upper one a little broader than the other*. 

 petals linear, entirv, obtuse, about aa long aa the 

 sepals; lip 3-parted. the segment* narrow, deeply 

 fringed, the fringe of a few thread*, about #' long; 

 spur 7"-S" long, curved, shorter than the ovary, 

 clavate at the apex; anther-sacs divergent at the 

 base, their bases beaked and projecting upward; 

 glands oblong-linear, hyaline, a* long aa the CMK 

 dicle. 



In swamps and wet wooda, Nora Scotia to Minor 

 sota, south to Georgia and Mi*> July. 



15. Habenaria leucophaea (Nutt.) A. Gray. 

 Prairie White-fringed Orchis. (Fig. 1 1 10. ) 



Orchis leucophaea Nutt. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. (II.) 5- > 6 '- 

 Habenaria leucophaea A. Gray, Man. Ed. 5, 502. 1867. 



Stem stout, angled, i^-2y 2 high. Leaves lanceo- 

 late, 4 / -8 / long; spike 3 / -5 / long, very thick, loosely 

 flowered; flowers large, white, fragrant, sometimes 

 tinged with green; sepals broadly ovate; petals obovate, 

 minutely cut toothed, about 3" long; lip 3-parted, 6"- 

 7" long, the segments broadly wedge-shaped and 

 copiously fringed. Spur I'-i #' long, longer than the 

 ovary; anther-sacs widely diverging at the base; cau- 

 dicles long and slender; glands transversely oval; ovary 

 often recurved. 



On moist prairies, western New York to Minnesota, 

 Kentucky and Arkansas. July. 



