250 ORCHIDACEAE 



8. Lysias Salisb. 



Scape bracted. I. L. orbiculata. 



Scape naked. 2. L. Hookeriana. 



1. L. orbiculata (Pursh) Rydb. (Habenaria orbiculata (Pursh) 



Torr. ; H. macrophylla Goldie). In rich woods: Newf. to 



B. C, N. Car. and Minn. 



Conn. Rare in northwestern Litchfield Co. 



N. Y. West Point, Orange Co., increasing and common northward. 



N. J. Closter, Bergen Co. (old record; not recently collected). 



Otherwise known only from Sussex Co. 

 Pa. Monroe, Carbon, Berks and Chester counties. 



Tertiary, o: Cretaceous, o: Older Formations, increasing north- 

 ward. South of the moraine only in Pa. 117-204 days. Sea 

 level-2,800 ft. 



2. L. Hookeriana (A. Gray) Rydb. (Habenaria Hookeriana A. 



Gray). In woods: N. S. to Minn., N. J., Pa. and Iowa. 



Conn. Rare in the coastal counties, increasing northwestward. 



N. Y. Not recorded from L. I. or S. I., rare and local in West- 

 chester Co., increasing and common northward at moderate 

 elevations. 



N. J. Sussex, Morris, Warren and Passaic counties. 



Pa. Water Gap, Monroe Co. 



Tertiary, o: Cretaceous, o: Older Formations, increasing north- 

 ward. Not south of the moraine. Ii7-i89days. Sea level-1,000 



ft. 



9. Blephariglottis Raf. 



Lip not 3-parted, pectinately fringed. 



Spur half as long as the ovary; flowers yellow. I. B. cristata. 



Spur longer than the ovary. 



Flowers bright yellow. 2. B. ciliaris. 



Flowers white. 3. B. Blephariglottis. 



Lip 3-parted. 



Segments of the lip deeply fringed. 



Segments narrow, fringe of a few threads. 4. B. lacera. 



Segments broadly fan-shaped, fringe copious. 



Racemes 4-5 cm. thick; lip 1-2 cm. broad. 5. B. grandiflora. 



Racemes 1-3 cm. thick; lip 8-10 mm. broad. 6. B. psycodes. 



Segments of the lip cue toothed. 7. B. peramoena. 



I. B. cristata (Michx.) Raf. (Habenaria cristata (Michx.) R. Br.). 



In bogs: N. J. to Fla., Ark. and La. 



N. J. Very rare in the cedar swamp in Hudson Co. (old specimen; 

 not recently collected), and throughout the coastal plain, pre- 

 dominating in the pine-barrens. 



