(A) Green Wood Orchis ( Habenaria clavellata ) has 
from three to sixteen inconspicuous greenish flowers in 
a loose spike at the top of a stem from 6 to 18 in. high; 
lip oblong and with three teeth; spur long, slender and 
curved upwards and to one side. One or two oblong- 
lanceolate leaves with obtuse tips, clasp the stem near 
the base while several small bracts alternate along it. 
Grows in bogs from Newfoundland to Minn, and south¬ 
wards. 
'(B) Green-fringed Orchis (Habenaria flava ) is a 
common green orchis (formerly virescens). The lower 
leaves are oblong-lanceolate, while the upper ones are 
linear,- diminishing in size and passing into the flower 
bracts. The flower lip is square-ended and toothed; 
spur slender and about the length of the flower. In the 
whole U. S. and southern Canada, we may find this 
species growing in bogs. 
Habenaria bracteata is similar to flava, but the flower 
bracts are large, being from two to four times the length 
of the flowers. N. S. to Alaska and south through 
the U. S. 
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