HABENARIA 



9. cristita, R. Br. Smaller: fls. much smaller; petals 

 merely Toothetl ; spur little exceeding the lip. July. 

 N. J. to La. near the coast. B.B. 1:464. 



BB. Color einnabar-ora'nffe, the sepals red-spotted 

 outside. 



10. cinnabarina, Rolfe. Small : stem leafy : lip 3 

 lobed ; spur straight, nearly equaling ovary. Madagas- 

 car. —Not in Amer. trade. 



HABENARIA 



707 



Fts 



ilJ, 



tnd 



AAA 



petals: lip brilliantly colored. 



11. militiris, Reichb. f. (B. pu- 

 silla, Reichb. f.). Bluish glaucous: 

 fls. numerous; lip scarlet,trifid,mid- 

 l")'r KmmI ; - I'll r li.iii,^ and very slen- 

 d' r I.-. Cochin China. 

 iMI I -- ■ Mi. III. 33:53. G. /.v. 



SI I '" I ! • :nithor says of this '' ' ^ 



tint- (.Imii : Aij English soldier can 

 boast a jacket of a deeper scarlet 

 than the lip of our plant." Not in 

 Amer. trade. 



12. rhodochella, Hance. Nearly 

 related to militaris, but fis. fewer 

 and subcorymbose; petals almost 

 helmet-shaped ; lip varying from 

 deep rose-pink to cinnabar and 

 madder; spur dull yellow. China, 

 B.JI. 7571.— Jv'ot in Amer. trade. 



AAAAA. Fls. white to green or 



(jreenish yellow. 



B. Color pure white. 



c. Ijip entire. 



13. nivea, Spreng. Lvs., except 

 1 or 2 lowest, bract-like : fls. nu- 

 merous, loosely clustered, small; 

 spur very slender. Summer. Del. 

 to Ala. B.B. 1:4G2. 



14. leucfistachys, Wats. Usually 

 tall and stout : lvs. several : fls. 

 many, rather large. Idaho to Ariz., 

 Calif, and Oreg. Mn. 6:81. -Nearly 

 related to ff. dilatata, but distin- 

 guished by its spur greatly exceed- 

 ing the sepals. 



CC. Lip fringed. 



1.".. blephariglottis, P.iir. Fls. 



much as in .iliarN. l.iit somewhat 



smaller; [..-laU sii-liily iTose at 



1015. Habenaria 

 ciliaris, or Yellow 

 Fringed Orchid. 



\ewf.)unaiund t 

 B.B. 1:465. Mn 



-One of 



ceo. Lip 3-parted. 



16. longecalcarata, A. Rich. Lvs. all radical: fls. 1-3, 

 large, long-stalked ; middle lobe of lip narrow, lateral 

 ones broader, unevenly fringed; spur twice as long as 

 ovary, with pedicel. July, Aug. India. B.M. 7228. — Not 

 in Amer. trade. 



17. Susinnae, R. Br. (R. gigantea. Don). Stem tall, 

 stout, leafy: fls. 3-5, very large, fragrant ; broad, fan- 

 shaped side lobes of lip deeply fringed; midlobe tongue- 

 shaped, entire; spur more than twice as long as ovary 

 and pedicel. India, Malaya, China. B.M. 3374. G.C. III. 

 16:27:i. J.H. III. 29:226. -This and the preceding are 

 amon- the largest-fld. and showiest Habenarias. Not in 

 Amer. trade. 



BB. Color partly or wholly green, or greenish yellow. 



c. Lip deeply 3-lohed or 3-parted. 



D. Petals cleft or parted into 2 lobes or segments. 



18. Elwesii, Hook. Erect, leafy : fls. few, large, 

 greenish yellow; petals cleft almost to base into long, 

 slender, sickle-shaped, hairy segments; lip smooth, the 

 segments long and slender. India. B.M. 7478. -A re- 

 markable species. 



19. Bonitea, Reichb. f. {BoiiAfea speciosa, Willd.). 

 Stoiit, leafy: fls. rather large, light green and white; 



DD. Petals not cleft or parted. 

 E. Spur sac-sliaped: lobes of lip entire. 



20. chlordntha, Spreng. Lvs. clasping : fls. not ex- 

 ceeding bracts, greenish. Mascarene Islands. 



EE. Spur long and slender. 

 F. Middle lobe of lip entire, the others fringed. 



21. radiita, Spreng. Petals exceeding sepals; spur 

 greenish white, about equaling the ovary. Aug., Sept. 



FP. All lobes of lip deeply fringed. 



22. leucophaea, Gray. Four ft. high or less: fls. large, 

 whitish or greenish, fragrant ; petals erose ; spur ex- 

 ceeding ovary. July. N. Y. to Minn, and Ark. B.B. 

 ' 465. 



23. licera, R. Br. Ragged Orchis. Smaller: fls. 

 greenish yellow; spur not equaling ovary. June, July. 

 Nova Scotia to Ga. and Mo. B.B. 1 :465. 



CC. Lip merely toothed or slightly lobed: fls. incon- 

 spicuous. 

 D. Fls. much shorter than the conspicuous bracts: 

 spur sac-shaped, short. 



24. bracte4ta, R. Br. Fls. greenish ; spur often white. 

 Summer. Northeastern U. S. to B. C., Eu. B.B. 1:463. 



rin. Fls. neatly equaling or exceeding bracts: spur 

 lung and slender. 



E. Lvs. 1-2 near base of stem. 



2.'). trident4ta, Hook. Fls. greenish, loosely clustered; 

 lip wide at apex, 3-toothed ; spur incurved. July, Aug. 

 Newfoundland to Minn., Fla. and La. A.G. 12:153. 

 B.B. 1:463. 



EE. Lvs. S or more. 



26. virfiscens, Spreng. Leafy: fls. greenish; lip only 

 slightly exceeding petals, with 2 lateral teeth and a 

 nearly basal wart. July. Range of preceding. B.B. 



CCC. Lip entire: fls. inconspicuous. 



D. Large lvs. all basal. 



E. Leaf solitary. 



27. obtUBita, Richards. Spike loosely-fld. : fls. yellow- 

 green; lipdeflexed; spur about equaling lip. Summer. 

 Across B. Amer., south to N. Y. and Col. B.B. 1 :461. 



EE. Leaves 2. 



F. Spur much exceeding ovary. 



28. orbicul&ta, Torr. Lvs. orbicular, lying on the 

 ground: fls. numerous, loosely clustered, greenish ; lip 

 white, obtuse. July, Aug. Across B. Amer. and Minn, 

 to mountains of N. C. B.B. 1:461. 



29. bifdiia, R. Br. Butterfly Orchis. Lvs. oblong: 

 fls. white, with tips of spur and lip greenish, fragrant in 

 the evening. May, June. Eu. 



FF. Spur about equaling ovary. 



30. Hookeriiua, Gray [ff. Rookeri, Lindl.). Lvs. 

 oval, obovate or orbicular : fls. greenish yellow ; lip 

 acute. Summer. Nova Scotia to N. J. and Iowa. B.B. 

 1:461. 



DD. Large lvs. several above the base. 



E. Spike commonly dense. 



31. hyperbdrea, R. Br. Fls. greenish ; petals, obtuse 

 lip and slender spur all about equally long. Summer. 

 Northern U. S. to Nova Scotia and Alaska. B.B. 1:462. 



31. 61egans, Boland. Large lvs. all on lower part of 

 stem: fls. numerous, .small, greenish ; sepals 1-nerved, 

 all alike; spur filiform. Vancouver Island to Calif. 



EE. Spike commonly loose. 



F. Spur short, sac-shaped. 



33. grdcilla, S. Wats. Three ft. high or less : spike 

 long, many-fld.: fls. greenish ; spur about equaling lip 

 and sepals. Ore. and Wash. 



