456 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
JAPAN. 
Canadian zone to Louisianian area. Newfoundland, Quebec, and Ontario; New 
England west to Minnesota, south to Florida and Louisiana. 
ALABAMA: All over the State. Bogs and pine-barren swamps. Lawrence, Cull- 
man, Montgomery, Autauga, Wilcox, Clarke, Washington, Mobile, and Baldwin 
counties. Flowers pale purplish. April, May. Frequent. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab.in Virginia, Canada.” 
Herh, Geol. Surv, Herb. Mohr. 
Pogonia divaricata (L.) R. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, 5:208, 1813. 
SPREADING POGONTA, 
drethusa divaricata L. Sp. P1.2:951, 1753. 
EM. Sk. 2:406. Gray, Man.ed.6,505, Chap. FI. 458. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. From the South Atlantic and Kastern Gulf 
States north to eastern Tennessee and New Jersey, 
ALABAMA; Central Pine belt to Coast plain. Borders of ponds, springy places; 
most frequent in the low pine barrens of the Coast plain. Escambia County. ‘Tnusea- 
loosa County (/..4. Smith). Mobile and Baldwin counties. Flowers flesh-color. 
April, May; frequent with the last. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab. in Americae borealis paludosis. ” 
Herb. Geol. Surv, Herb. Mohr. 
Pogonia verticillata (Willd.) Nutt. Gen. 2:192. 1818, WHORLED POGONTA, 
Arethusa verticillata Willd. Sp. Pl. 4:81. 1805. 
El. Sk. 2:497, Gray, Man. ed. 6,505. Chay. FI. 452. 
Alleghenian and Louisianian areas. Ontario; New England, Eastern States west 
to Michigan, Ohio Valley to the Gulf States; from Florida.to western Louisiana. 
ALABAMA: Central Pine belt. Shady woods. Tuscaloosa County (2. A. Smith), 
March; rare, 
Type locality: Hab. in Pensylvania, Marylandia, 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb, Mohr. 
GYROSTACHYS Pers. Syn. 2:511. 1807, 
(Sprrantuks LC, Rich. Mem. Mus, Par. 4:42. 1818.) 
Fifty or more species, perennials, widely distributed over warmer and temperate 
regions. Japan, Europe. Atlantic America, 10 to 12. 
Gyrostachys cernua (L.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 664, 1891, 
DROOPING LADIES’ TRESSES, 
Ophrys cernua L. Sp. Pl, 2: 946. 1753 
Spiranthes cernua L.C. Rich. Orehid. Ann. 37. 1817. . 
EN, Sk.2:492, Gray, Man. ed. 6,502. Chap. F1.462. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb, 
2:424. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Nova Seotia to Ontario; New England, west 
to Minnesota, Nebraska, Missouri, and Arkansas, south through the Ohio Valley to 
South Atlanticand Gulf States. 
ALABAMA: Over the State. Low prairies and damp pine barrens, Cullman, Tus- 
caloosa, Escambia, Mobile, and Baldwin counties. Flowers white. October, Novem- 
ber; frequent. 
Type locality: ‘Hab, in Virginia, Canada.” 
Herb, Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Gyrostachys gracilis (Bigelow) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 2: 664, 1891. 
SLENDER LADIES’ TRESSES, 
Neottia gracilis Bigelow, F 1. Bost. ed. 2:322. 1824, 
Gray, Man. ed. 6, 503. Chap. F1. 462. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb, 2: 424. 
Canadian zone to Lonisianian area. Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Ontario to 
Lake Winnipeg and Mackenzie River; New England west to Minnesota, south to 
Texas and Florida. 
ALABAMA: All over the State. Most frequent in dry pine barrens. Cullman, 
Chilton, Washington, Clarke, Choctaw, Mobile, and Baldwin counties. Flowers 
white. April to June; frequent. 
Type locality: ‘In dry hilly woods [near Boston |.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
