ORCHID FAMILY. Orchidacex. 



dividual might sip the nectar it is true, but its longer 

 tongue would reach the base of the tube without effect- 

 ing the slightest contact with the pollen " (Wm. 

 Hamilton Gibson). The pollen is usually withdrawn 

 fastened upon the moth's eyes. 1-2 feet high. Rich 

 evergreen woods. Me., south to N. Car., in the moun- 

 tains, west to Minn. 



This is a southern species among a group 

 Yellow Crested f * . , ~ -, . .,, 



Orchis fringed Orchises, with narrow lance- 



Habenaria shaped leaves below diminishing to the 

 cristata size of bracts above, and orange-yellow 



Orange-yellow flowers with narrow fringed petals, and a 

 August 1 "^ Very dee P lv f rin ged lip. Spur about J inch 



long. The anther cells widely separated 

 at the base. 8-20 inches high. In bogs, from N. J., 

 south. Rather rare in N. J. 



Yello F * d An excee dingly handsome slender spe- 

 Orchis c ies, w ith lance-shaped leaves, and a large 



Habenaria many-flowered spike of showy golden or 

 ciliaris orange-yellow flowers with ovate sepals, 



Jrty5ri e " OW narrow frin ged petals, and a deeply fringed 

 August " hP- The spur long and slender, and the 



anther cells as in the preceding species. 

 12-24 inches high. In meadows and wet sandy barrens, 

 from Mass., south, and west to Mich. 

 White Fringed A similar species. The white fringed 

 Orchis flowers a trifle smaller, with a less deeply 



Habenaria fringed lip ; the latter J the length of the 

 blephariglottis spur. 12-21 inches high. In swamps and 



JtU^earl b gS fr m Me " SOUth to N> J '' wesfc tO 



August : Minn. Blooms a few days earlier than H. 

 ciliaris where the two grow together. 

 (Britton.) 



Habenaria A western species with fragrant large 

 leucophcea greenish white or white flowers, the fan- 

 White, shaped lip three-parted, broad, and fringed. 



greenish Spur 11 inches long, so it is especially 



June-July , , . ,. 



adapted to the long-tongued sphinx-moths 



(Sphingidce). 18-30 inches high. Western N. Y., south 

 to Ky. , west to Minn, and Ark. 



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