This section is from the book "Harper's Guide To Wild Flowers", by Caroline A. Creevey. Also available from Amazon: Harper's Guide To Wild Flowers.
Family, Orchis. Color, yellowish green. Flowers, few in a raceme, the petals narrow, long. Lip, entire, pointed in the middle, oblong. Leaves, lance-shaped, 2 in number, sheathing the flower-stem.
Not a common species, found in wet woods, from New England to Florida.
 
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