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The Ohio Naturalist. 
[Vol. X, No. 2, 
4. Blephariglottis leucophaea (Nutt.) Rydb. Prairie White 
Fringed-orehis. Stem stout, angled, 20-32 in. high; leaves 
lanceolate, 4-8 in. long; flowers large, white, fragrant, 
sometimes tinged with green, in a very thick loosely-flowered 
spike, 3—434 in- long; lip 6-7 lines long, the segments 
broadly wedge-shaped and copiously fringed. A tall plant 
with white fragrant flowers growing on moist prairies. 
Auglaize County. 
5. Blephariglottis psycodes (L.) Rydb. Smaller Purple Fringed- 
orehis. Stem rather slender, 12-40 in. high; leaves oval, 
elliptic, or lanceolate, 2-10 in. long; flowers lilac, rarely 
white, fragrant, in a loosely or densely many-flowered 
raceme; lip, 3J-4J in. broad, the segments fan-shaped 
and copiously fringed. A tall showy plant growing in mead- 
ows and wet woods. Medina, Erie, Cuyahoga, Ashtabula, 
Miami, Columbiana, Richland, Auglaize, Franklin, and 
Hocking Counties. 
6. Blephariglottis peramoena (Gr.) Rydb. Fringeless Purple 
Orchis. Stem 12-28 in. high; leaves elliptic or lanceolate, 
4^8 in. long, the upper gradually smaller; flowers large, 
showy, violet-purple, in a densely or rather loosely many- 
flowered spike; lip 7-9 lines long, the segments fan-shaped, 
cut-toothed, not fringed, the middle one 2-lobed. A tall 
showy plant growing in moist meadows. Perry, Gallia, 
and Clermont Counties. 
Pogonia Juss. 
Mostly low herbs with slender rhizomes, fibrous roots, alter- 
nate leaves, and solitary terminal flowers; lip erect from the 
base of the column, spurless, crested. 
1. Pogonia ophioglossoides (L.) Iver. Rose Pogonia. Stem 
12-153^ in. high, 1-3 leaved, not rarely with a long-petioled 
basal leaf; leaves 1—1 0 in. long, lanceolate or ovate, erect, 
bluntly acute; flowers pale rose-color, fragrant, slightly 
nodding, solitary or occasionally in pairs, subtended by a 
foliaceous bract; lip 2-3 lines wide, fringed. A striking 
looking plant with rose-colored flowers, growing in meadows 
and swamps. Lucas, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Ashland, Portage, 
Licking and Lorain Counties. 
Isotria Raf. 
Low herbs, with a rhizome, fibrous roots, terminal flowers, 
and 5 leaves in a whorl near the top of the plant ; lip erect from 
the base of the column, crested, spurless, sessile. 
1. Isotria verticellata (Willd.) Raf. Whorled Isotria. Stem 
10-12 in. high, from long fleshy roots; leaves 3 34 — 234 in. 
long, obovate, abruptly pointed at apex, sessile; flower sol- 
