64 Orchidaceae 



sometimes thread-like; lip nearly half an 

 inch long, oblong-spatulate, 2-3-toothed 

 or lobed at the tip, more than twice as long 

 as the white sac-like spur. 



Frequent in open grassy woods and 

 meadows throughout the Rockies; flowering 

 in June. 



Stem i, 2, or 3 feet tall, from 

 Limnorchis a root of 2 or 3 f us if O rm, hairy 



formis tubers; leafy. Lowest leaves 



Rydb. oblanceolate, obtuse, 2-5 inches 



Purplish- long, upper ones lanceolate, acute, 



Green Bog- much i onger> Spike of flowers 



4-12 inches long, loosely flow- 

 ered, the bracts linear-lanceolate, the lowest 

 much longer than the flowers, i ij inches 

 long. Flowers about J an inch long; sepals 

 yellowish-green and thin, the upper one 

 ovate, erect, about J of an inch long, the 

 lateral ones obtuse and spreading, J of a," 

 inch long, petals lanceolate, acute, greenish- 

 purple or green; lip purple or greenish, 

 linear, obtuse, thick, over J of an inch long; 



