ORCHIDACEAE. 





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i6. Habenaria grandiflora (Bigel.) Torr. Large Purple-fringed Orchis. 



(Fig. mi.) 



Orchis grandiflora Bigel. Fl. Bost. Ed. 2, 321. 1824. 

 Orchis fimbriata Willd. Sp. PI. 4: 39. 1805. Not 



Dryand. 1789. 



Habenaria grandiflora Torr. Comp. 319. 1826. 

 Habenaria fimbriata A. Gray, Man. Ed. 5, 503. 1867. 



Not R. Br. 1813. 



Stem i-5 high. Leaves oval or lanceolate, 4'- 

 10' long, io // ~3 / wide, obtuse, or the upper smaller 

 and acute; raceme 3 / -i5 / long, sometimes 2%' 

 thick, densely flowered; flowers lilac or purplish, 

 sometimes white or nearly so, fragrant; upper 

 sepal and petals erect, connivent; petals oblong or 

 oblanceolate, more or less toothed, y z ' long; lip 3- 

 parted, ^ / -i / broad, about y z ' long, the segments 

 broadly fan-shaped, copiously fringed to about the 

 middle, anther-sacs divergent at the base; glands 

 orbicular, turned inward; spur filiform, clavate, 

 I'-i^' long. 



In rich woods and meadows, New Brunswick to On- 

 tario and Michigan, south to North Carolina. June-Aug. 



17. Habenaria psycodes (L. ) A. Gray. 

 Smaller Purple-fringed Orchis. (Fig. 1112.) 



Orchis psycodes L,. Sp. PI. 943. 1753. 



Orchis fimbriata Ait. Hort. Kew. 3: 297. 1789. 



Habenaria psycodes A. Gray, Am. Journ. Sci. 38: 310. 



1840. 



Stem rather slender, i-3 high. Leaves oval, 

 elliptic or lanceolate, 2 / -io' long, &'-$' wide, the 

 upper smaller; raceme 2 / -6 / long, \'-\y 2 f thick, 

 loosely or densely several-many-flowered; flowers 

 lilac, rarely white, fragrant; lower sepals ovate, ob- 

 tuse, about 4 /x long, the upper one a little nar- 

 rower; petals oblong or oblanceolate, toothed on 

 the upper margin; lip 3-parted, 4 // -6 // broad, the 

 segments fan-shaped and copiously fringed, the 

 fringe of the middle segment shorter than that of 

 the lateral ones; spur somewhat clavate at the apex, 

 about 8" long, longer than the ovary. 



In meadows, swamps and wet woods, Newfoundland 

 to Minnesota, south to North Carolina and Indiana. 

 Ascends to 6000 ft. in North Carolina. July-Aug. 



18. Habenaria peramoena A. Gray. 

 Fringeless Purple Orchis. ( Fig. 1113.) 



Orchis fissa Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 589. 1814 



Willd. 1805. 

 H. peramoena A. Gray, Am. Journ. Sci. 38: 310. 1840. 



Stem i-2% high. Leaves elliptic or lanceo- 

 late, 4 / -8 / long, * / 4'-iy 2 ' wide, the upper gradually 

 smaller; spike 2 / ~7 / long, i / -2^ / thick, densely or 

 rather loosely many-flowered; flowers large, showy, 

 violet-purple; lateral sepals round -ovate, 3 "-4" 

 long, the upper one smaller; petals smaller, round- 

 obovate, clawed, entire, or slightly erose; lip ""- 

 ib" long, 3-parted, the segments fan-shaped, cut- 

 toothed, not fringed, the middle one 2-lobed; spur 

 about as long as the ovary, curved, clavate; anther- 

 sacs widely divergent, little separated; glands or- 

 bicular, oblique. 



In moist meadows, New Jersey to Illinois. Virginia 

 and Kentucky. July-Aug. 



