ORCHID FAMILY. Orchid aceas. 



A similar species but of more imposing 

 Smaller Pur= proportions, with elliptical and lance- 

 ^^^l^r^"^^ shaped leaves, and fragrant magenta-pink 



Habenaria or lilac-pink flowers variably pale or deep, 



psycodes with the fringed lip three-parted, and a 



Magenta-pink gp^^j. | j,-,^.!-, ^^j^g i_^ f^g^ l-,ig.j, q^^^^_ 



u y-ear y n^only found in swamps and wet woods 



from Me., south to N. Car. ; west to Minn. 



A similar but much larger species with 



arge urp e= ^^y^.g^.g twice the size of those of H. 

 Fringed Orchis 



Habenaria psycodes, fragrant, and variable in ma- 

 jimbriata genta-pink from a deep tone even to 



Magenta-pink ^y^ite. The upper sepal and petals close 



une-ear y together, the lateral sepals small, ovate 

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and acute. The three divisions of the 

 broad lip more deejjly fringed. Flower-spike sometimes 

 12 inches long and 2| inches across. Anther cells sepa- 

 rated at the base. In both flowers, H. psycodes and H. 

 fimbriata, fertilization is generally effected by moths 

 and butterflies whose heads and eyes are often decorated 

 by the pear-shaped pollen-masses. The crowded flower- 

 spike allows the butterfly to land indiscriminately here 

 or there among the spreading fringed lips, and inserting 

 its tongue obliquelj' in the nectary it brushes the pollen- 

 disc on the side approached and the pollen-mass is with- 

 drawn (Wm. Hamilton Gibson). 



The difference between H. p)sycodes and H. fimbriata 

 is distinct and absolute ; there is no need for confusion 

 in the identification of the two species, although it must 

 be evident to a close observer that intergrading types are 

 not infrequent. H. psycodes has more conventional, 

 compact flowers with an even (not ragged) very short 

 fringe, and thej^ are about half the size of those of H. 

 fi,mhriata. They are also distinctly muscat-scented. 



1 o h- ^^^^ ^^ ^ truly purple floivered species, 

 Habenaria found in the* south and southwest. The 

 perama'ua fan-shaped lip is toothed but not fringed^ 



Purple and the leaves are somewhat narrower. 



July-August ^j^g j^j^g gp^^ curved. 12-3C inches high. 

 Wet meadows, N. J., south to Va., west to 111. and Ky. 



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