256 ORCHIDACEAE 



Conn. In the coastal counties, decreasing inland; not common. 

 N. Y. Near N. Y. City and on S. I. ; and on L. I. south of the hills. 

 N. J. Bergen, Union, Monmouth and Ocean counties, southward 



near the coast; rare in the pine-barrens. 

 Pa. Delaware Co. 



Tertiary, confined to the northern coastal region of N. J.: Cre- 

 taceous, o: Older Formations, not very common. 160-182 days. 

 About sea level. 



6. I. Beckii (Lindl.) House (G. Grayi (Ames) Britton. G. simplex 



(Gray) Kuntze). In dry sandy soil: Mass. to Md., eastern 



Ky., Ark. and Tex. 



Conn. Rare and local mostly near the coast. 



N. Y. Common on L. I., rare and local on southern S. I., decreasing 



up the Hudson Valley to Yonkers; otherwise unknown. 

 N. J. A single station in Bergen Co.; Monmouth Co., increasing 



but not common southward. 

 Pa. Bucks and Chester counties. 



Tertiary and Cretaceous, not very common: Older Formations, 

 mostly near the coastal region. 166-204 days. About sea level. 



7. I. gracile (Bigel.) House (G. gracilis (Bigel.) Kuntze). In dry 



fields and open woods: N. S. to Minn., south to Fla., La. and 

 Tex. 



Throughout the range except the pine-barrens. 



17. Ophrys [Tourn.] L. (Listera R. Br.) 



Lip twice as long as the petals, with lateral teeth. 1. O. cordata. 



Lip 4-8 times as long as the petals, with auricles at the base. 2. 0. australis. 



i. O. cordata L. (L. cordata (L.) R. Br.). In moist woods: Lab. 

 to Alaska, N. J., Mich., Colo, and Ore. 

 N. Y. An old specimen from S. I., not recently collected and 



otherwise unknown. 

 N.J. "The cedar swamp," Bergen Co. (not recently collected). 

 Pa. Wayne Co. 



Tertiary, o: Cretaceous, o: Older Formations, very rare. Not 

 south of the moraine. 144-177 days. 500-1,258 ft. 



2. O. australis (Lindl.) House (L. australis Lindl.). In bogs: 

 N. Y. and N. J. to Fla., La. and Ala. 

 N. J. Middlesex and Camden counties. 

 Pa. Chester Co. 



