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and frequently in company, and are not readily distinguished, 
except by the colour of the flowers. But, as Prof. Hooker 
justly remarks, in H. ciliaris, the lip is more thickly fringed, 
and the upper petals are likewise fringed ; whereas in H. hle- 
phariglottis these are quite naked. 
24. H. BRACTEATA, R. BrowTi in Hort. Kew. Orchis 
bracteata, Willd. Sp. PL IV. p. 34. 
In deep woods, Fairfield, Herkimer county. 
25. H. DiLATATA, Hook. Exot. FI. 95? 7ion Torrey, 
Compend, (^t. Orchis dilatata, Pujsh, FL II. p. 588. 
Root fasciculated. Stem 1 — 2 feet high, multangular, leafy. Leaves 
lanceolate, upper ones shorter. Spike 2 — 4 inches long, somewhat 
sparsely flowered. Bracteee linear-lanceolate ; the lower ones equal to 
the flowers, the uppermost shorter. Floxcers white. Sepals ovate 
obtuse, the lateral ones somewhat oblique, spreading or reflexed ; the 
upper one connivent with the linear-lanceolate petals, and somewhat 
arched over the column. Lip linear, entire obtuse, dilated at the base. 
Spur as long as the lip, a little shorter than the ovarium ; obtuse, some- 
what incurved. Cells of the anther suhdistant at the base. Glands of the 
poUinia distinct. 
Hab. In deep sphagnous swamps, not uncommon in the 
northern part of the state. I have also seen specimens from 
Quebec, and from vSault St. Marie. Flowers June — July. 
Obs. The plant described above agrees entirely with Or- 
chis dilatata of Fursh, but is not the plant commonly known to 
our botanists under that name. The true O. dilatata, as I con- 
sider it, has white flowers with the lip linear and distinctly di- 
lated at the base. The plant referred to this species in Tor- 
rey's Compendium, Beck's Flora, &c. has greenish flowers, 
with the lip lanceolate, acutish, not distinctly dilated at the 
base, and cannot be distinguished from O. hjperhorea of Pursh. 
I have seen no specimens corresponding in all respects with 
the figure and detailed description of the Habenaria dilatata of 
Hooker, Exot. FL l. c. His plant appears to connect this with 
the succeeding species. 
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