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spur about \ as long as the lip, sack-like. 

 Frequent through the region in open 

 swamps, wet meadows and sloughs, varying 

 greatly in size; flowering during June and 

 early July. 



Stem 8-1 8 inches high, strict 



Limnorchis !? V ' T 



and leafy. Lower leaves ob- 

 vindiflora 



(Cham.) lanceolate, obtuse, 2-4 inches 

 Rydb. long, upper lanceolate and acute ; 



Small spike of flowers short and dense, 



the bracts linear-lanceolate, the 

 orchid. 



lower slightly exceeding the 

 flowers. Flowers J an inch long or less, 

 yellowish-green ; upper sepals broadly ovate, 

 erect; lateral ones J of an inch long, 

 acute, spreading; petals erect, lanceolate, 

 acute ; lip lanceolate, obtuse, less than J of an 

 inch long; spur club-shaped, curved, about as 

 long as the lip. Differs from the last species 

 in the bright green colour, slightly smaller 

 flowers with broader based lip and the longer, 

 club-shaped curved spur. 



In bogs throughout the region; flowering 

 in June. 



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