OECHIDACBiE. Ill 



Flowers and stems brownish, purplish or yellowish, often mottled or striped. . . . - 3 



Flowers and stems nearly or quite white 9 



Flowers and stems greenish: bracts membranaceons, acnte. 8p. Sin 4 



1. CAIiTPSO, Salisbury. 

 1. C, borealia, Salisb. Stem 3-6 in. high: slender bract at top, subtending a drooping 

 ■howy flower: sepals and petals lanceolate, rose-tinged i-J in. long; lip saccate, 2- 

 spurred, mottled. Springy places or bogs, from Russian Siyer {Misa Wood) to Br. 

 Am; and B. to the Atlantic. Also in N. En. and Asia. 



2. CORAXIiORHIZA, Haller. 



Sepals and petals simiUur; lip dilated, recurved, flat or concave, 2-ridged at base. Column 

 incurved. Rootstocks coral-like, hence the name Coral-root, 



1. O. mnltiflora, Nutt. Sepals and petals 3-4 lines long, yellowish or whitish, purpU 

 tinged: spur formed by decurrent side-sepala wholly adnate to the ovary; lip broadly 

 ovate, 3-lobed, the middle lobe with undulate or denticulate margin, often purple- 

 mottled. Mts., San Diego to Br. Col., E. to the Atlantic. 



2. C. Slertensiana, Bong. Similar: flowers red: lower half of the spur free: lip nar- 

 rower, entire or with small teeth at base. Humboldt Bay to Alaska. 



3. C. izinata, R. Br. Smaller: sepals 1^-2 lines long: spur very short. Wash. 



4. C. Bigelovii, Watson. Stout: sepals and petals oblong, obtuse, 4 lines long, 

 purple- veined; spur none. S. N. & Coast Mts., Cal. 



6, C. striata, LindL Similar: perianth 6-7 lines long. S. N. Mts., N. & R 



3. APIiECTBXTM, Torrey. 



1. A. hiemale, Torr. Scape a foot high or more: leaf plaited, 4-8 in. long: perianth i 

 in, long, greenish brown; lip whitish, somewhat spotted, deeply 3-lobed, 3-ridged. 

 The glutinous bulbs give the name Putty-root. Or, E. to the Atlantic 



4. HABENAKIA, WiUd. 



Stems slender: leaves few and at base: perianth 2 lines long or less 1, 2 



Stems leafy. Spur 4-6 lines long, slender: lip narrow 3, 4, 6 



Spur short and thick 6, 7 



1. H. eleg^ans, Bolander. Spike dense: sepals and petals equal. Coast, Monterey, K. 



2. H. TJnalascliensis, Watson. Spike less dense: flowers smaller: bracts ovate. 



3. H. leucostachys, Watson. Stout: flowers many, white: capsule sessile. Swamps. 



4. H. sparsiflora, Watson. Lower, more slender: leaves narrower: greenish flowers 

 10-20, distant, exceeded by the slender bracts: capsule sessile. S. N. Mts. Jc N. CaL 



8. H. pedioellata, Watson. Raceme loose: capsule tapering into a pedicel. 



