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 into bracts. 

 — Wet places. 



3. H. ViF'idis, R. Br. , var. bracteata, Eeichenbach. {H. 

 bracteata, E. Br., in Maooun's Catalogue.) Spike many- 

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

 2-3-lobed at the tip, much longer 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, E. 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. rotundifo'lia, Eichardson. {Orchis rotundifolia. 

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

 Flowers rose-purple, the Up usually white, spottedwith 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 at the base.— Bogs and 

 wet woods. 



7. H. Obtusa'ta, Eichardson. 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. 



