Family ORCHIDACEA# 59 
1; Iris. 282. 
1. Iris versicolor L. Blue Flag. 
In low wet places in the eastern part of the state, not common. 
Ashland; Nebraska City. 
2. Gemmingia. 284. 
1. Gemmingia chinensis (L.) Kuntze. Blackberry Lily. 
Belamcanda chinensis (L.) DC. 
Escaped from cultivation and spreading along roadsides near Bruns- 
wick. 
3. Sisyrinchium. 284. 
Mostly over 20 cm. high; outer bract of the spathe united at the 
base; flowers deep blue. 1. S. angustifolium. 
Mostly less than 20 cm. high; outer bract of the spathe not united 
at the base; flower light blue to white. 2. S. campestre. 
1. Sisyrinchium angustifolium Miller. Blue-eyed Grass. 
In prairies over most of the state. Banner county; Central City; 
Lincoln; Pine Ridge; Thedford. 
2. Sisyrinchium campestre Bicknell. Prairie Blue-eyed Grass. 
Common in prairies, blooms earlier than the last. Lincoln; Saline 
county. 
ORCHIDALES. 
1. ORCHIDACEZ. 
Orchid Family. 
Holophytes with normal green leaves. 
Fertile stamens 2, on the sides of the column; a large staminodium 
central over the column. 1. Cypripedium. 
ue es one, central over the column; staminodia, if present 
ateral, 
Flowers with a spur at least 2 mm. long. 
Leaves all basal. 2. Orchis. 
Leaves not all basal. 3. Habenaria. 
Flowers not spurred. 
Petals joined to the upper sepal. 4, Ibidium. 
Petals free from the sepals. 5. Liparis. 
Saprophytes without green leaves; stems yellowish or brownish. 
6. Corallorhiza. 
1. Cypripedium. 290. 
Lip yellow. 1. C. parviflorum. 
Lip white. 2. C. candidum. 
1. Cypripedium parviflorum Salisb. Yellow Lady’s-slipper. 
In southeastern Nebraska along the Missouri river. Peru; Platts- 
mouth; Richardson county. 
2. Cypripedium candidum Willd. White Lady’s-slipper. 
In lowlands in the eastern part of the state. Clearwater; Central 
City; Knox county; Lincoln; Long Pine; Newark; Richardson county; 
Scotia Junction; St. Paul. 
2. Orchis. 292. 
1. Orchis spectabilis L. 
Galeorchis spectabilis (L.) Rydb. 
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