(A) Yellow-fringed Orchis (Habenaria ciliaris) is 
an attractive and rather common orchis with a tall 
leafy stem from 12 to 24 in. high. The spike is very 
closely set with flowers having rounded petals, fringed 
lips and slender spurs about an inch in length. The 
leaves are lanceolate, gradually diminishing in size as 
they approach the spike and passing into the flower 
bracts. Found from Me. to Mich, and southwards. 
(B) Hooker’s Orchis (H. Eooheri ) has a leafless 
scape from 6 to 12 in. high, at the base of which are 
two, broad, oval, shining, deep green leaves. The ten 
to twenty flowers are yellowish green; lip lanceolate 
and sharply pointed, less than half an inch long; slen¬ 
der spur about one inch long. Flowers during June and 
July in woods from Me. to Minn, and south to N. C. 
Bound-leaved Orchis (H. orbiculata ) is similar to 
Hookeri; the lip is oblong, obtuse and about the same 
length as the spur. The two basal leaves are almost 
round. It is common in rich woods from Labrador to 
Alaska and southwards. 
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