=O. rotundifolia=, specific description of, 248; rare, 106 =O. spectabilis=, specific description of, 248; common species, 56, 104, 106, 107, 138, 161, 188 =Orchis=, common names of _Orchis_, and _Habenaria_ =Andrews’ Rose-Purple Orchis.= See _H. Andrewseii_, 258 =Crane-Fly Orchis.= See _Tipularia unifolia_, 281 =Cream-Fringed Orchis.= See _H. holopetala_, 256 =Intermediate Bog-Orchis.= See _H. media_, 252 =Large Purple-Fringed Orchis.= See _H. grandiflora_, 257; history of, 29, 79, 84, 104, 105, 110; haunts, 111, 113, 114 =Large Round-Leaved Orchis.= See _H. orbiculata_, 250; haunts, 101, 102, 104, 120, 172, 205 =Long Bracted Orchis.= See _H. bracteata_, 254 =Ragged-Fringed Green Orchis.= See _H. lacera_, 257; haunts, 220 =Rein=, or =Naked Gland Orchis=. See _Habenaria_, 249 =Showy Orchis.= See _O. spectabilis_, 248; haunts, 56, 57, 104, 164, 167, 168 =Showy= or =Covered Gland Orchis=. See _Orchis_, 247 =Small Oblong-Leaved Orchis.= See _H. oblongifolia_ =Small Purple-Fringed Orchis.= See _H. psycodes_, 258; haunts, 70, 83, 102, 111, 178 =Small Round-Leaved Orchis.= See _H. Hookeriana_, 250; haunts, 101, 104, 141, 171, 177, 187, 205-207 =Small Round-Leaved Showy Orchis.= See _O. rotundifolia_, 248 =Small Yellow Bog-Orchis.= See _H. clavellata_, 254 =Sub-Alpine Green Orchis.= See _H. obtusata_, 251 =Tall Leafy Green Orchis.= See _H. hyperborea_, 251 =Tall White Northern Bog-Orchis.= See _H. dilatata_, 252; haunts, 73, 181 =Tubercled Orchis.= See _H. flava_, 255 =White-Fringed Orchis.= See _H. blephariglottis_, 256; haunts, 105, 220 =Yellow-Fringed Orchis.= See _H. ciliaris_, 255; haunts, 105 Orioles, 130, 167 _Osmunda_, 130, 167 _O. regalis_, 12 Oven-Bird’s nest, 153, 154 P _Pæonia_, origin of name, 169 Painted Cup, 234, 235 Palisades, Hudson Valley, 166 =Palma Christi=, 110. _See_ Purple-Fringed Orchises or _Habenaria_ _Pances_, 159 _Pardanthus_, 161 _Parnassia Caroliniana_, 237 Parnassus, Mount, Greece, 237 Parsons, Abraham, 196; locally called, Abe-the-Bunter, 197 Partridge, habits of, 174, 175; young partridges, 174 Partridge-berry, 24 Patterson’s Meadows, 168 Pearly-Everlasting, 237 Pear, Prickly, 158 Peat, formation of, 101 Peckham’s Hollow, 188 _Pedicularis Canadensis_, 165 _Pellæa atropurpurea_, 191 Pennyroyal, 132, 199; as a drug, 132 Pent Road, Snuff Hollow, Notch Valley, 213 Pep or Catnip, 132 =Peramium=, generic description, 269. _See_ Rattlesnake Plantain =P. Menziesii=, specific description, 271 =P. ophioides=, specific description, 272 =P. pubescens=, specific description, 270 =P. repens=, specific description, 270