Genus 12. 



ORCHID FAMILY. 



557 



Segments not fringed beyond the middle ; flowers lilac, rarely white. 



Raceme 4-5 cm. thick ; lip 1-2 cm. broad. 6. B. grandiflora. 



Raceme 1-3 cm. thick; lip 8-12 mm. broad. 7. B.psycodes. 



Segments of the lip cut-toothed ; flowers violet-purple. is. B. peramoena. 



i. Blephariglottis cristata (Michx.) Raf. 



Crested Yellow Orchis. Fig. 1373. 



Orchis cristata Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 156. 1803. 

 Habenaria cristata R. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. Ed. 2, 5 : 



194. 1813. 

 Blephariglottis cristata Raf. Fl. Tell. 2 : 39. 1836. 



Stem slender, angled, 8-2° high. Leaves narrowly 

 lanceolate, 2'-8' long, 3"-8" wide, the upper much 

 smaller, similar to the bracts ; bracts' as long as the 

 flowers; spike 2-4' long, dense; flowers orange; 

 sepals roundish-ovate, about ii" long, the lateral 

 ones spreading; petals narrower, pectinate-fringed; 

 lip slightly longer than the sepals, not 3-parted, but 

 deeply fringed to the middle or beyond; spur 2"-$' 

 long, about half as long as the ovary; anther-sacs 

 divergent at the base, widely separated. 



In bogs, New Jersey to Florida, Arkansas and Louis- 

 iana. July-Aug. A hybrid between this species and B. 

 blephariglottis , from Delaware, is known as Habenaria 

 Canbyi Ames. 



2. Blephariglottis ciliaris (L.) Rydb. Yellow- 

 fringed Orchis. Fig. 1374. 



Orchis ciliaris L. Sp. PI. 939. 1753. 



Habenaria ciliaris R. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. Ed. 2, 5 : 



194. 1813. 

 B. ciliaris Rydb. in Britton, Man. 296. 1901. 



Stem slender, i°-2i° high. Leaves lanceolate, 

 acute, 4'>-8' long, 6"-i8" wide, the upper smaller; 

 spike closely many-flowered, 3'-6' long, sometimes 

 nearly 3' thick; flowers orange or yellow, large, 

 showy; sepals orbicular or broadly ovate, oblique at 

 the base, 2"-^' long; the lateral ones mostly re- 

 flexed ; petals much smaller, oblong or cuneate, usually 

 toothed; lip oblong, S"~7" long, copiously fringed 

 more than half-way to the middle; spur i'-ii' long, 

 very slender ; anther-sacs large, divergent at the base, 

 bearing a small white tubercle on the outer side. 



In meadows, Vermont and Ontario to Michigan, Mis- 

 souri, Florida and Texas. July-Aug. 



3. Blephariglottis blephariglottis (Willd.) 

 Rydb. White-fringed Orchis. Fig. 1375. 



Orchis blephariglottis Willd. Sp. PI. 4: 9. 1805. 

 Habenaria blephariglottis Torr. Comp. 317. 1826. 

 Platanthera holopetala Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orch. 291. 



183S. 

 B. albifiora Raf. Fl. Tell. 2 : 38. 1836. 

 Habenaria blephariglottis holopetala A. Gray, Man, ed. 



5, 502. 1867. 

 H. ciliaris var. alba Morong, Bull. Torr. Club 20 : 38. 1893. 

 B. blephariglottis Rydb. in Britton, Man. 296. 1901. 



Stems and leaves similar to those of the preceding 

 species. Spikes densely or rather loosely many- 

 flowered; flowers pure white, usually a little smaller 

 than those of B. ciliaris; lip narrower, oblong ; petals 

 toothed or somewhat fringed at the apex, rarely 

 entire; fringe of the lip copious or sparse. 



In bogs and swamps, Newfoundland to Minnesota, 

 Florida and Mississippi. Blooms a few days earlier than 

 ciliaris where the two grow together. Feather-leaved 

 orchis. July-Aug. 



