ORCHID FAMILY. Orchidacew. 



dividual might sip the nectar it is true, but its longer 

 tongue would reach the base of the tube without effect- 

 ing the slightest contact with the pollen *' (\Vm. 

 Hamilton Gibson). The pollen is usually withdrawn 

 fastened upon the moth's eyes. 1-2 feet high. Rich 

 evergreen woods. Me., south to N. Car., in the moun- 

 tains, west to Minn. 



This is a southern species among a group 

 _ . . of fringed Orchises, with narrow lance- 



Habenaria shaped leaves below diminishing to the 



cristata size of bracts above, and orange-yellow 



Orange=yellow flowers with narrow fringed petals, and a 

 a" ^ gj*^'^ very deeply fringed lip. Spur about \ inch 



long. The anther cells widely separated 

 at the base. 8-20 inches high. In bogs, from N. J., 

 south. Rather rare in N. J. 



., ,. ^ . An exceedingly handsome slender spe- 



Yellow Fringed . .^,,1,^1 ^1 



Orchis cies, with lance-shaped leaves, and a large 



Habenaria many-flowered spike of showy golden or 



ciliaris orange-yellow flowers with ovate sepals, 



range=yeilow j^^j-j-Q^y fringed petals, and a deeply fringed 

 August ^^P- "^^^^ spur long and slender, and the 



anther cells as in the preceding species. 

 12-24 inches high. In meadows and wet sandy barrens, 

 from Mass., south, and west to Mich. 

 Wh"t F • A '^ similar species. The white fringed 

 Orchis flowers a trifle smaller, with a less deeply 



Habenaria fringed lip ; the latter \ the length of the 



blephariglottis spur. 12-21 inches high. In swamps and 



y^!"*^ . bogs from Me., south to N. J., west to 



July-early 



August Minn. Blooms a few days earlier than H. 



ciliaris where the two grow together. 

 (Britton.) 



Habenaria ^ western species with fragrant large 



leucophcea greenish white or white flowers, the fan- 



White, shaped lip three-parted, broad, and fringed, 



greenish Spur H inches long, so it is especially 



June=Juiy 1 ^ i . ^, , -, , • , 



adapted to the long-tongued sphinx-moths 



(SjitJmigidce). 18-30 inches high. Western N. Y., south 

 to Ky. , west to Minn, and Ark. 



