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FIG. 277. White Fringed Orchis (Habenaria blephariglollis), an attractive and rather 

 common orchid growing in bogs and peaty lands throughout the eastern and centra! United 

 States. The stems are from 4 to 6 dm. in length, terminated by many-flowered spike. The 

 flowers are white, the lip being copiously fringed and the spur about 2 cm. in length. After 

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cylindrical body which is strongly concave on one side and spread- 

 ing at the upper portion. The pollinia are granular. Pollination 



