=Flowers= lilac or deep purple, fragrant in densely-flowered spiked raceme; 3-15 inches long; 1-2½ inches broad. Rarely white flowered spikes occur. =Labellum= 3-parted, ½-1 inch broad; ½ inch long, deeply fringed. =Sepals= and =petals= connivent, somewhat toothed. =Spur= 1-1½ inch long, clavate. =Stem= leafy, 1-5 feet high. =Leaves= numerous, oblong, 4-10 inches long, 1-3 inches wide; bract-like above. _Continental Range_—From Nova Scotia southward to North Carolina; westward to Wisconsin and Michigan. _New England Range_—Maine, common; New Hampshire, common; Vermont, frequent; Massachusetts, frequent; Rhode Island, frequent; Connecticut, common. 17.—HABENARIA PSYCODES (Linnæus) A. Gray, 1753-1840 SMALL PURPLE-FRINGED ORCHIS—LONG PURPLES—DEAD-MEN’S FINGERS—DEAD-MEN’S THUMBS The specific name, _psycodes_, comes from the Greek _psychoda_, a butterfly, probably referring to the dainty poise of the fringed, and winged-petaled flowers. Tall bogland or damp woodland orchid, with fleshy or palmately-tuberous roots. July 1st-August-September. =Flowers= pink-purple, rarely white, very fragrant in densely flowered spiked raceme, 2-6 inches long; 1-1½ inches broad. =Labellum= 3-parted, fan-shaped, fringed, ⅓-½ inch broad, much smaller and often confused with the larger species (_H. grandiflora_). =Sepals= and =petals= similar in texture, lower sepals ovate, upper one narrower. Petals oblong, toothed on upper margin. =Spur= clavate at apex. =Stem= leafy, 1-3 feet high. _Continental Range_—From Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Lake Huron southward to the swampy meadows in the western mountains of North Carolina; westward to Minnesota in tamarack sphagnous swamps. _New England Range_—Maine, very common; New Hampshire, common; Vermont, common; Massachusetts, frequent; Rhode Island, common; Connecticut, frequent. 18.—HABENARIA ANDREWSEII White n. sp. (per letter), 1903 ANDREWS’ ROSE-PURPLE ORCHIS _Habenaria psycodes_ × _lacera_ White and Andrews, _Rhodora_ 3:245-248, 1901 The specific name, _Andrewseii_, refers to the species being named in honor of Dr. A. LeRoy Andrews, who described this species as a varietal form of _H. psycodes_ × _lacera_. The species was first discovered and collected by Mr. Marcus White, July 22, 1899. Tall bogland orchid, with fleshy roots. July 22d-August 16th.