Orchidaceae 53 



grass-like leaves and mostly clustered, per- 

 fect flowers, subtended by bracts; perianth 

 of 6 segments, rolled together in the bud, 

 stamens 3, inserted on the perianth opposite 

 its outer series of lobes ; filaments slender, dis- 

 tant or united; anthers facing upward. 



_. . Growing in small tufts, 4-10 



Sisyrin- 



chium inches high, pale, glaucous, 



septentri- Leaves stiff and very slender 

 onale Bick- about half the i en gth of the taller 



nell. Blue- ... ,. , 



e ed Grass sca P es > equalling the shorter 



ones. Spathe small purplish or 

 green, often partly double and enclosing 3 or 

 4 small bright violet-blue flowers, less than 

 half an inch broad, on erect pedicels. 



Throughout the Rockies in open moist 

 ground at the lower elevations; flowering in 

 June. 



ORCHIDACE.E 

 Orchid Family 

 Perennial herbs, with corms, bulbs, or 



