230 COMMON CANADIAN WILD PLANTS. 



oblong, almost truncate at the tip ; a tooth on each side at 

 the base, and a nasal protuberance on the face. Spur slen- 

 der, club-shaped. Leaves ovate-oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 

 the upper ones gradually narrowing and passing in to bracts. 

 Wet places. 



3. H. vir'idis, R. Br., var. braeteata, Reichenbach. (H. 

 bracteata, R. Br., in Macoun's Catalogue.) Spike many- 

 flowered, close. Flowers small, greenish. Lip oblong-linear, 

 2-3-lobed at the tip, muchlonger than the very short and sac- 

 like spur. Stem 6-12 inches high, leafy, the lower leaves 

 obovate, the upper oblong or lanceolate, gradually reduced 

 to bracts much longer than the flowers. 



4. H. hyperbo'rea, R. Br. Spike many- flowered, long 

 and dense. Flowers small, greenish. Lip lanceolate, entire, 

 about the same length as the slender incurved spur. Stem 

 6-24 inches high, very leafy, the leaves lanceolate and erect, 

 and the bracts longer than the flowers. Bogs and wet 

 woods. 



5. H. dilata'ta, Gray. Not unlike No. 4, but more slen- 

 der and with linear leaves and white flowers. 



6. H. rotundlfo'lia, Richardson. (Orchis rotundifolia, 

 Gray, in Macoun's Catalogue.) Spike few-flowered, loose. 

 Flowers rose-purple, the lip usually white, spotted with purple, 

 3-lobed, the middle larger and notched, longer than the 

 slender spur. Stem 5-9 inches high, naked and scape-like 

 above, bearing a single roundish leaf &t> the base. Bogs and 

 wet woods. 



7. H. obtusa'ta, Richardson. Stem as in the last, but 

 the leaf is obovate or spathulate-oblong. Spike few-flowered, 

 the flowers greenish-white. Upper sepal broad and rounded, 

 the others and the petals lance-oblong. Lip entire, deflexed, 

 as long as the tapering and curving spur. Bogs. 



8. H. Hook'eri, Torr. Spike many -flowered, strict. 

 Flowers yellowish-green, the lip lanceolate, pointed, incurved; 

 petals lance-awl-shaped. Spur slender, acute, nearly an inch 

 long. Stem scape-like above, 2-leaved at the base, the leaves 

 orbicular. Woods. 



