_New England Range_—Maine, frequent; New Hampshire, frequent; Vermont, infrequent; Massachusetts, infrequent; Rhode Island, frequent; Connecticut, frequent. [Illustration: =The Small Bog.= (_Habenaria clavellata._)] 11.—HABENARIA FLAVA (Linnæus) A. Gray, 1753-1840 TUBERCLED ORCHIS The specific name, _flava_, comes from the Latin _flavous_, referring to the yellow flowers of this orchid. A damp meadow or sphagnous woodland orchid, with fleshy-fibrous roots. May (Florida), June 5th-August 25th (New England). =Flowers= dull greenish-yellow, small, in a spiked raceme. =Labellum= entire, crenulated with obtuse tooth on each side, and a central tubercle at middle of base. =Sepals= and =petals= roundish, ¼ inch long. Sepals yellowish. =Stem= stout leafy 1-2 feet high. =Leaves= elliptic, acute; =bracts= longer than seed-capsule. _Continental Range_—From Crow River, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada, southward to Alabama and the wooded Tidal Swamps, Duval County, Florida; westward to Minnesota and Missouri. _New England Range_—Maine, common; New Hampshire, frequent; Vermont, infrequent; Massachusetts, occasional; Rhode Island, common; Connecticut, common. 12.—HABENARIA CILIARIS (Linnæus) R. Brown, 1753-1813[74] YELLOW-FRINGED ORCHIS The specific name, _ciliaris_, refers to the fringed labellum, from the Latin _ciliate_,—beset with _cilia_ or hairs, like eyelashes fringing the eyelids. A tall, wet, sandy meadow or pine barren orchid, with small fibrous roots. June-July 7th-August 14th. =Flowers= large, showy, orange-yellow, fringed, in a many-flowered, spiked raceme, 3-6 inches long; nearly 3 inches broad. =Labellum= oblong and fringed. =Sepals= orbicular to ovate; lateral sepals reflexed; =spur= 1-1½ inch long, very slender; =petals= toothed, oblong, much smaller. =Stem= slender, leafy, 1-2½ feet high. =Leaves= lanceolate, 4-8 inches long, becoming bract-like above. _Continental Range_—From Essex County, Canada, southward to New England, the pine barrens of New Jersey, Alabama, and Florida; westward to Illinois and Nebraska. The fringed _Habenarias_ are among our most beautiful native orchids, gracing lake-side solitudes with their flame-like spikes of purple, white, or orange. _New England Range_—Maine, not reported; New Hampshire, rare; Vermont, rare; Massachusetts, rare; Rhode Island, rare; Connecticut, rare. 13.—HABENARIA BLEPHARIGLOTTIS (Willdenow) Torrey, 1805-1826 WHITE-FRINGED ORCHIS The specific name, _blephariglottis_, refers to the fringed throat of this orchid. A slender bogland orchid, in similar situations with _H. ciliaris_, with fleshy-fibrous roots. June (Alabama)-July 23d-August (New England). =Flowers= pure white, in a loosely and many-flowered spiked raceme, smaller than those of _H. ciliaris_, with which it seems to intergrade. =Labellum= narrow, oblong, slightly fringed. =Petals= toothed or sparsely fringed. =Stem= leafy, slender, 1-2 feet high.