. The commonly occuring wild plants of Canada [microform] : a flora for the use of beginners. Botany; Plants; Botanique; Plantes. 230 COMMON CANADIAN WILD PLANTS. oblong, almost truncate at the tip ; a tooth on each side at the base, and a nasal protuberance on the face. Spur slen- der, club-shaped. Leaves ovate-oblong or oblong-lanceolate, the upper ones gradually narrowing and passing into bracts. —Wet places. 3. H. Vir'idis, R. Br., var. braeteata, Reichenbach. {H. hracteata, B. Br., in Macoun's Catalogue.) Spike many- Jlowered, clone. ¥\owers smaW, greenish. Lip oblong-linear, 2-3-lobed at
. The commonly occuring wild plants of Canada [microform] : a flora for the use of beginners. Botany; Plants; Botanique; Plantes. 230 COMMON CANADIAN WILD PLANTS. oblong, almost truncate at the tip ; a tooth on each side at the base, and a nasal protuberance on the face. Spur slen- der, club-shaped. Leaves ovate-oblong or oblong-lanceolate, the upper ones gradually narrowing and passing into bracts. —Wet places. 3. H. Vir'idis, R. Br., var. braeteata, Reichenbach. {H. hracteata, B. Br., in Macoun's Catalogue.) Spike many- Jlowered, clone. ¥\owers smaW, greenish. Lip oblong-linear, 2-3-lobed at the tip, much longer than the very short and sac- like spur. Stem 6-12 inches high, leafy, the lower leaves obovate, the upper oblong or lanceolate, gradually reduced to bracts uiuch longer than the flowers. 4. H. hyperbo'rea, Br. Spike many-flowered, long and dense. Flowers small, greenish. Lip lanceolate, entire, about the same length as the slender incurved spur. Stem G-24 inches high, very leafy, the leaves lanceolate and erect, and the bracts longer than the flowers.—Bogs and wet woods. 5. H. dilata'ta, Gray. Not unlike No. 4, but more slen- der and with linear leaves and white flowers. 6. H. rotundlfO'lia, Bichardson. {Orchis rotundifolia, Gray, in Macoun's Catalogue.) Spike few-flowered, loose. Flowers rose-purple, the lip usually white, spotted with purple, ,3-lobed, the middle larger and notched, longer than the slender spur. Stem 5-9 inches high, naked and scape-like above, bearing a single roundish leaf at the base.—Bogs and wet woods. • 7. H. obtusa'ta, Richardson. Stem as in the last, but the leaf is obovate or spathulate-oblong. Spike few-flowered, the flowers greenish-ichite. Upper sepal broad and rounded, the others and the petals lance-oblong. Lip entire, deflexed, as long as the tapering and curving spur.—Bogs. 8. H. Hf^Ok'eri, Torr. Spike many-flowered, strict. Flowers yellowish-green, the lip lanceolate, pointed, incurved; petals lance-awl- s
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