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A. Small Orchis.
Habenaria straminea Fernald.
H. albida var. straminea (Fernald) F. Morris?
Six to eight inches. A few leaves. Dense spike many sweet-scented straw-coloured flowers; larger than albida.---Greenland, Iceland, Limestone barrens, W. Nfld.
Fernald: “The Greenland and Newfoundland representative of European H. albida.”
B. 310. Tall leafy Green Orchis.
Habenaria hyperborea (L.) R. Br.; Limnorchis Rydb.
Stout stem. Many-pointed leaves, a few inches to one foot long. Narrow spike small greenish flowers. Very variable plant.---Bogs, marshes, Iceland, Alaska, N. Amer., W. Nfld.
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