368 ORCHIDACHAE 
3. GALEORCHIS Rydb. Acaulescent fleshy herbs, with tuberous roots. 
Flowers in & spike. Perianth ringent. id and petals converging. Lip 
broad, spurred. Stigma hollow, the 
glands enclosed in a pouch.—One species. 
1. G. spectabilis (L.) Rydb. 
sales aes oblong- alliptic, p 
val, em. lo cape dm 
ia i «ie spike e 3— 18- flo Sur and and 
petals vi violet- ud. lip white, 10-13 m 
long, LE s than the EIE c "n 
biol (eu BU ORCHIS. d t 
PURPLE-HOODED ORCHIS.)—Rich woods, 
various provinces, rarely Coastal d 
Ga. to Ark., Nebr., Minn, Ont, and 
N. S.— Es 
4. COBLOGLOSSUM Hartman. Caulescent herbs, with biennial 2- 
"c sii the stem leafy. Flowers relatively small, i in & terminal spike. 
Perianth green or greenish. Sepals and petals converging, the petals much 
narrower fae n sepals. Lip narrow, | 
2—3-lobed at the apex, the spur much 
shorter than the lip. Anthers with nar- 
TOW Misi = dE. ands surrounded by 
a membrane.—Three species of north 
Mesi regions. 
1l. C. bracteatum (Willd.) Parl. Stem 
2-6 dm. tall: leaf-blades oblong-ovate to 
oblong- n d vds pesar i ate, 10—15 
em. long: braets surpassing the flo Pus 
sepals ovate to peus lanceolate, 5—6 m 
long: petals boug linear or linear fili 
form: lip na , 6-8 mm. long: B dde is 
8-10 mm. TTN ' [Platanthera bract 
Torr. ]— (SATYR-0RCHID.) —Meadows a seeds: Blue Ridge ae more northern 
provinces, N. C. to Nebr., Wash. Alas., Ont., and N. B.—(0; W.)—Spr. 
5. LYSIAS Salisb. pini: herbs, the stem scape-like, scaly. Flowers 
in a spike or raceme. Perianth white or 
greenish. Sepals EE relatively 
broad, the lateral ones longer and nar- 
rower than the median one. Petals much 
als i 
T a 
like bases project forward—About 6 spe- 
cies of the north temperate zone. 
1. L. orbiculata (Pursh) Rydb. Stem 
-9 dm. tall: basal leaves " flat on 
the ground; blades orbicular to oval, 1— 
3 long: sepals greenish-white, the 
mon one suborbicular or reniform, 5-6 mm. long, the lateral ones ovate, 8—10 
