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tracts ; spike oblong or cylindrical ; petal* rounded, crenate ; lip ovate, with a torn- 

 fringed margin ; spur shorter than the ovary. 



Swamps, rather common. Juno. July. Stem 1 to 2 feet high. Flowers email, 

 yellow, iu a crowded terminal spike 



5. P. ciltarbs, Lindl. Yellow Fringed Orchis. 



Leaves oblong or lanceolate, the upper passing into pointed bracts; spike oblong, 

 rather closely many-flo wered ; lateral sepals rounded, reflexed ;setob linear fringed 

 at the apex ; lip oblong, abcut^ the length of the spur. 



Bwamps and wet places, common. July. Ausc. Stem 1 to 2 feet high, with a 

 short spike of very Bhowy flowers. Leaves sheathing at base, the lower ones 3 to 5 

 inches Ion.;. Flowers bri.'ht orange yellow. Lip furnished with a very long and 

 copious capillar; friuge, ]/ 2 inch long. 



G. P. BLEPIIARIOGLOTTIS, Lindl. White 1 ringed I Orchis. 



Lower leaves lanceolate, channeled ; spike oblong ; petals oblong, slightly cut or 

 toothed at the apex ; lip oblong or lance-oblong. 



Swamps, rare. June, July. Stem 1 to 1}4 foot high, with the lower leaves 6 to 8 

 inches long, the npj er gradually smaller. Flowers jure white, in a dense oblong 

 spike, lap fringed in the middle. 



• •* * Stem leafy ; lip 3-parted shorter than the long spur, narrowed at the base in- 

 to a claw. Flowers white or greenish. 



7. P. LACERA, Gray. Ragged Green Orchis. 



Leaves oblong or lanceolate ; raceme loosely many-flowered ;2)etals oblong, linear, 

 entiie; Up 3 parted, with wedge-shaped segments; spur filiform, club-shaped, as 

 long as the ovary. 



Swamps and moist thickets July. Stem 1 to 2 feet high, smooth, sh nder. 

 Leaves few, 3 to b' inches long, mostly acute. Flowers greenish-yellow, numerous. 

 Lip with narrow divisions, deeply parted into 4 few long nearly capillary lobes. 



***** Flowers purple. 



8. P. PYSCODES, Gray. Smalt Purple Fringed Orchis. 



Leaves oblong, the upper passing into linear-lanceolate bracts; raceme cylindri- 

 cal; densely many-flowered ; lower sepals round-oval, obtuse; petals wed^c ctovate 

 or spatulate, denticulate above ; divisions of the lip broadly wedge-shaped, many- 

 eleft into a short fringe. 



Moist meadows. July. Aug. Stem 2 feet high, smooth, slender. Flmcers bright 

 purple, in a ciowded epike,4to7 inches long, small, very showy, fragrant Lip 

 short-stalked, scarcely be, inch broad, its o fan like, 8] treading segments, as well as 

 ILe petals beautifully ir;u^ed. Spur nearly 1 Inch long. 



9. P. FIMEEJATA, Lindl. Large Purple Fringed Orchis. 



Lcwer leaves oval or oblong, the few upper ones passing into lanceolate bract . 

 spile or raceme, oblcng, loosely-flowered ; lower sepals ovate, acute: petals ob'oug, 

 fringe-tooth; d down the i:dt.s: lip fan-shaped, with pendant, large divisions, many- 

 cleft into a caii'.lary fringe. (O. grandiflora, Bicl.) 



Wet meadows, rare. June. A superb plant l'< to 2 feet high, with a thick, 

 hollow, sti m with a few ihealhing bn Us at base. Leaves 2 or 3 ) lincij al < net 4 

 to 7 inch< s h-i.g. 1 to 2 inches wide, Ihcuppercnts linear, 1 or 2 inches long. Flow- 

 ers very large, showy, ,:1. >- j tuple, in a terminal raceme 3 io C inches long. Lip 

 much uiiated, % to i k.eh Lioad, v,i:h a deep and marly capillary crowded fringe. 



10. P. PERAMCENA, Gray; Friugeless Purple Orchis. 

 Lower leaves oblong ovate, the upper lanceolate; spti.e oblong or cylindrical, 



densely flowered; lcwer sepals round-ovate ; petals rounded obovate, raised out 

 elaw ; Up large, with broadly wedge-shaped divisions, the laiddij cm; 2-lobed. (0. 

 fissa, Fursh. P. fissa, Lindl.) 



