Orchidaceae 67 



slightly longer than the flowers; flowers pure 

 white with a spicy fragrance; upper sepal 

 ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, the lateral ones 

 linear-lanceolate, acute, and strongly veined ; 

 petals narrowly linear-lanceolate equalling 

 the sepals; lip lanceolate with an ovate 

 rhomboid base about J of an inch long; spur 

 slender and curved, slightly exceeding the 



HP. 



In more or less shaded bogs through the 

 Rockies, flowering during July. 



Stem smooth, 6-18 inches high, 



leafy below, bracted above; the 

 roman- 



zoffianum lower leaves 3-8 inches long, 

 (Cham.) linear or linear-oblanceolate. 

 House. Head of flowers more or less 



Tresses glandular, hairy, 2-4 inches long, 



half an inch or more thick, 

 bracts shorter than the flowers ; flowers waxy 

 white or greenish, nearly half an inch long 

 with an open mouth, spreading horizontally 

 and very fragrant; upper sepals broad and 

 obtuse; lip oblong, broad at the base, and 



