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Orchidaceae 



Ophrys 

 nephrophylla 

 Rydb. 

 Heart- 

 shaped 

 Tway-blade. 



Stem slender and smooth, 3-8 

 inches high. Leaves sessile, cor- 

 date or broadly ovate, J-i inch 

 long; head of flowers rather 

 loose, J-2 inches long, 4-2o-flow- 

 ered; flowers very minute, pur- 

 plish or greenish ; sepals ovate ; petals oblong, 

 about T V of an inch long; lip two-cleft, twice 

 as long as the petals, the segments linear or 

 hair-like. 



This diminutive orchid is one of the com- 

 monest species throughout the region in 

 early summer, growing abundantly in mossy 

 places in the moist woods, frequently not 

 rising more than an inch or two above the 

 surface of the ground; the flowers varying 

 greatly in color from yellowish green to 

 purple. 



Ophrys con- 

 vallarioides 



(Sw.) Wight. 

 Broad- 

 lipped 

 Tway-blade. 



Stem rather stout, 4-10 inches 

 high, glandular- hairy above the 

 leaves. Leaves smooth, round, 

 oval or ovate, obtuse, 3-9 nerved, 

 1-2 J inches long, J-iJ inches 



