. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 558 ORCHIDACEAE. Vol. 4. Blephariglottis lacera (Michx.) Farwell. Ragged or Green-fringed Orchis. Fig. 1376. Orchis lacera Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 156. 1803. Habenaria lacera R. Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. 1: 312. 1810. B. lacera Farwell, Ann. Rep. Mich. Acad. Sci. 2: 42. 1901. Stem rather slender, i°-2° high. Leaves firm, lanceolate, s'-8' long, io"-i8&q
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 558 ORCHIDACEAE. Vol. 4. Blephariglottis lacera (Michx.) Farwell. Ragged or Green-fringed Orchis. Fig. 1376. Orchis lacera Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 156. 1803. Habenaria lacera R. Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. 1: 312. 1810. B. lacera Farwell, Ann. Rep. Mich. Acad. Sci. 2: 42. 1901. Stem rather slender, i°-2° high. Leaves firm, lanceolate, s'-8' long, io"-i8" wide, the upper gradu- ally smaller; spike 2'-6' long, loose; flowers greenish yellow; sepals ovate, obtuse, about 3" long, the upper one a little broader than the others, petals linear, entire, obtuse, about as long as the sepals; lip 3-parted, the segments narrow, deeply fringed, the fringe of a few threads about V long; spur 7"-8" long, curved, shorter than the ovary, clavate at the apex; anther-sacs divergent at the base, their bases beaked and projecting upward; glands oblong-linear, hyaline, as long as the caudicle. In swamps and wet woods, Newfoundland to Minne- sota, south to Georgia and Arkansas. June-July. Hybridizes with B. psycodes. 5. Blephariglottis leucophaea (Nutt.) Farwell. Prairie White-fringed Orchis. Fig. 1377. Orchis leucophaea Nutt. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. (II.) 5: 161. 1833-37. Habenaria leucophaea A. Gray, Man. Ed. 5, 502. 1867. B. leucophaea Farwell, Ann. Rep. Mich. Acad. Sci. 2 : 42. 1901. Stem stout, angled, ii°-2i° high. Leaves lanceolate, 4'-8' long; spike 3'-s' long, very thick, loosely flowered; flowers large, white, fragrant, sometimes tinged with green; sepals broadly ovate; petals obovaje, minutely cut toothed, about 3" long; lip 3-parted, 6"-/' long, the segments broadly wedge-shaped and copiously fringed; spur i'-ij' long, longer than the ovary; anther-sacs widely diverging at the base; caudicles long and slend
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