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Gyrostachys praecox (Walt.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 2: 663. 1891. 
EARLY LADIES’ TRESSES, 
Limodorum praecox Walt. Fl, Car, 221. 1788. 
Neottia tortilis Willd. Sp. Pl. 4:74. 1805. 
Spiranthes praecor Gray, Man. ed. 6,503. 1890. 
Ell. Sk.2:491. Gray, Man.l.c. Chap. Fl. 462. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. South Atlantic and Gulf States, west to 
Louisiana, north from Florida to southern Massachusetts. 
ALABAMA: Central Pine belt to Coast plain, Damp sandy pine barrens. Mobile, 
Baldwin, Clarke, Washington, and Tuscaloosa counties. Flowers white. May; 
frequent. 
Type locality: South Carolina. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Gyrostachys odorata (Nutt.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen, PI. 2:664. 1891. 
SWEET-SCENTED LADIES’ TRESSES. 
Neottia odorata Nutt. Journ, Acad. Phila. 7:98. 1834, 
Spiranthes odorata Lindl, Gen. & Sp. Orch, 467, 1840. 
Chap. FI. 462. 
Lonisianian area. Northwestern Louisiana to western Florida, north to North 
Carolina. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Wet alluvial banks. Mobile County, alluvial forests on 
the Alabama River, Pierees Landing. Flowers white, fragrant. October. Not 
frequent. 
Type locality: ‘‘Along the borders of the Neuse River, at Newbern, in North Caro- 
lina, on the wet and muddy shores.” 
Herb, Geol. Surv. Herb, Mohr. 
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Gyrostachys brevifolia (Chap.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. P1.2:664. 1891. 
SHORT-LEAVED LADIES’ TRESSES. 
Spiranthes brevifolia Chap. Fl. 462, 
Chap. FI. 1.c. 
Louisianian area. Alabama to western Florida. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Low grassy pine barrens. Mobile County, Bayou Coden. 
November, 1869. Flowers white. October, November, Very scarce. 
Type locality: “Open grassy swamps in the pine barrens, Apalachicola, Fla.” 
Herb. Geol, Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
PERAMIUM Salisb. Trans. Hort. Soc.1:301. 1812. 
(GoopykERA R. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. ed, 2, 5: 197. 1813.) 
Twenty-five species, perennials, north temperate regions to tropical Asia, New 
Caledonia, Europe, Siberia. North America, 3. 
Peramium pubescens (Willd.) MacMillan, Metasp. Minn, Val. 172. 1892, 
Downy RATTLESNAKE PLANTAIN. 
Neottia pubescens Willd. Sp. Pl. 4:76. 1805. 
Goodyera pubescens R. Br. in Ait. Hort, Kew. ed. 2,5: 198. 1815. 
El. Sk. 2:491. Gray, Man. ed. 6,508. Chap. Fl. 463, 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Ontario; New England west to Minnesota, 
south to Georgia and Florida. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region Upper division Coast Pine belt. Shady woods 
Winston County (7. M. Peters), Clarke County, Choctaw Corner (FE. A. Smith), 
Flowers white. July, August; infrequent. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. a Canada ad Floridam.,” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. 
ACHROANTHES Raf. Med. Rep. ser. 2, 5:352. 1808. 
(Microstyiis Nutt. Gen. 2: 196, 1818.) 
About 70 species, temperate North Hemisphere, tropical Asia and America. North 
America, 2 or 3, 
Achroanthes unifolia (Michx.) Raf. Med. Rep. ser. 2,5:352, 1808. 
GREEN ADDERSMOUTH. 
Malazis unifolia Michx. F1. Bor. Am. 2: 157. 1803. 
Microstylis ophioglossoides Nutt. Gen. 2: 196. 1818. 
Ell. Sk. 2:503. Gray, Man. ed. 6,498. Chap. FI. 453. 
