ORCHID FAMILY. Orchidacex. 



dividual might sip the nectar it is true, but its longer 

 tongue would reach the base of the tube without effect- 

 ing the slightest contact with the pollen " (Wm. 

 Hamilton Gibson). The pollen is usually withdrawn 

 fastened upon the moth's eyes. 1-2 feet high. Rich 

 evergreen woods. Me., south to N. Car., in the moun- 

 tains, west to Minn. 



This is a southern species among a group 



of fri^ed Orchises, with narrow lance- 

 Habenaria shaped leaves below diminishing to the 

 cristata size of bracts above, and orange-yellow 



Orange-yellow flowers with narrow fringed petals, and a 

 u y -ear y very deeply fringed lip. Spur about \ inch 



long. The anther cells widely separated 

 at the base. 8-20 inches high. In bogs, from N. J., 

 south. Rather rare in N. J. 



Yellow Fringed An exceedm g 1 3 r handsome slender spe- 

 Orchis ' c * es > with lance-shaped leaves, and a large 

 Habenaria many-flowered spike of showy golden or 

 dliaris orange-yellow flowers with ovate sepals, 



range-yellow narrow f r i n g e d petals, and a deeply fringed 

 August hp. The spur long and slender, and the 



anther cells as in the preceding species. 

 12-24 inches high. In meadows and wet sandy barrens, 

 from Mass., south, and west to Mich. 



. A similar species. The white fringed 



Orchis flowers a trifle smaller, with a less deeply 



Habenaria fringed lip ; the latter i the length of the 

 blephariglottis spu r. 12-21 inches high. In swamps and 



Minn. Blooms a few days earlier than H. 



dliaris where the two grow together. 

 (Britton.) 



Habenaria A western species with fragrant large 



leucophcea greenish white or white flowers, the fan- 



White, shaped lip three-parted, broad, and fringed. 



greenish g pur ^ inches long, so it is especially 



adapted to the long-tongued sphinx-moths 

 (Sphingidce). 18-30 inches high. Western N. Y., south 

 to Ky., west to Minn, and Ark. 



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