Japan Flora: Roots elongate, thickened near base; stems slender, 20-30 cm. long, 1-Ieaved below the middle; leaves narrowly oblong to linear-oblong, ascending, 3-7 cm. long, 1-2 cm. wide, obtuse, sessile and abruptly contracted at base, the upper leaves 1-3, small; racemes 4-6 cm. long, rather densely many-flowered; bracts smooth on margin, nearly as long as the ovary; flowers small, yellowish green; dorsal sepal ovate to narrowly so, 2-3 mm. long, the lateral sepals reflexed, narrowly elliptic, 35-4.5 mm. long, obtuse; petals semi-ovate, thickened, obtuse, as long as the dorsal sepal; lip 5-6 mm. long, broadly linear; spur pendulous to gently incurved, slender, slightly thickened toward the obtuse apex, 32-17 mm. long; anther-locules parallel, approximate. July-Aug. Coniferous woods or grassy places in mountains;

Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku (Mount Tsurugi); rather common northward. e. Siberia, Kamchatka, Kuriles, and Sakhalin.

var. nipponica (Makino) Ohwi. Plant 20-40cm. high; leaves broadly linear, rather erect; spikes loosely few-flowered; spur ascending.June-Aug. Bogs in moun tains; Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu; rather rare.