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ORCHIS L. 

 Orchis spectabilis L. (showy). 

 Galeorchis spectabilis Rydb. 

 Showy Orchis. 



Rich woods, generally in leaf -mold. Rare near the coast; 

 occasional or local inland. May — early June. 



HABENARIA Willd. Rein Orchis. Fringed Orchis. 

 Habenaria bracteata (Willd.) R. Br. (having bracts). 

 Coeloglossum bracteatum Pari. 

 Long-bracted Orchis. 



Rare or local. Dry or rocky woods: Killingly (C. H. 

 Knowlton), Somers (Bissell), Middletown (M. Hitchcock),, 

 Berlin (Andrews), Meriden (Harger, Andrews), Southington 

 (Andrews, Bissell), New Haven and Hamden (Eaton Herb.),. 

 Granby and Simsbury (I. Holcomb), New Milford (E. H. 

 Austin), Kent (C. K. Averill), Salisbury (Mrs. C. S. Phelps). 

 Late May — June. 



Habenaria flava (L.) Gray (yellow). 

 Habenaria virescens Spreng. 

 Perula/ria Uava Farwell. 

 Small Pale Green Orchis. 



Occasional or frequent. Low meadows and open swamps. 

 June — ^July. 



Habenaria hj^jerborea (L.) R. Br. (northern). 

 Limnorchis hyperborea Rydb. 

 Limnorchis huronensis Rydb. 

 Tall Leafy Green Orchis. 



Rich woods and wooded swamps. Rare in most districts r 

 Bolton (Weatherby), New Britain (Bissell), Plainville (J. N. 

 Bishop), Southington (Bissell, Andrews). Becoming occa- 

 sional or local in Litchfield County. Late June — early Aug. 



Habenaria dilatata (Pursh) Gray (expanded). 

 Limnorchis dilatata Rydb. 

 Tall White Bog Orchis. 



Rare. Wet meadows or sphagnum bogs: Plainville (An- 

 drews), Norfolk (J. H. Barbour, Miss M. C. Seymour). June 

 -July. 



