386 ORCHIDACEAE 
30. MALAXIS Soland. Scapose herbs, with corms. Leaves mainly elon- 
gate sheaths, the upper 1 or 2 bearing a dilated blade at the top. Flowers in a 
terminal raceme. Perianth white or greenish. Lateral sepals N inequi- 
a Lip broad, 
a 
cordate at the base, sometimes lobed at the apex. Capsule short. [Achro- 
anthes Raf.]—About 140 species of a geographic distribution.—Suni.—fall. 
—ADDERS-MOUTHS, 
Lip with basal auricles : lateral sepals obtus 
Lip with E lateral lobes projecting gd beyond the minute middle one: lateral 
sepals much shorter than the li 1. M. unifolia., 
Lip with 2 broadly rounded lateral lobes shorter than the 
middle one but broader: lateral sepal nearly as long as 
the lip. 2. M. spicata 
Lip without basal auricles: lateral sepals acuminate. 9. M. brachypoda. 
1. M. unifolia Michx. Leaf usually solitary; blade elliptic, ovate or oval, 
2-6 cm. long: scape 1-3 dm. tall: raceme stout: lateral sepals ovate or elliptic- 
reen, 
dle one: e 
sule 5-6 mm. long. [Microstylis ophio- 
dini dd Nutt. do uo woods, various 
provin Ga. , Man. and Newf. 
—( WI, Mex 
2. M. spicata Sw. Leaves normally 2; 
blades ovate to elliptic-ovate, 3-10 cm. 
long: scape 1-3 dm. tall: raceme aad 
ish: ied sepals geile or nearly s 
about 3 mm. long, eae : lip brow hish 
green, abo ut 3.5 m jon ng, promine neni 
J at the ho. with a broad Pins 
ti n ut bg mm. lon 
g- A 
stylis “florid Chapm. Malaz s florida ana Small|—Low or wet de 
and stream- ba often in cci on. soil, Coastal Plain, Fla. to Va— (WV 1.) 
3. M. e pea (A. Gray) Fernald. Leaf E blade elliptie to oval, 
3-7 em. long: s 1-2 dm. tall: race Sa slen eral sepals lanceolate, 
abut p mm. long, acuminate: lip 2—2.5 m ing, "greenish-whit not. auricled 
at the base, with a reniform base and an acuminate tip: capsule 4-5 mm. long 
—Woods and swamps, various provinces, Tenn. to Tex., Minn., Que., EN Pa — 
(Eurasia.) 
31. LIPARIS L. C. Rich. Scapose green herbs, with corms. Leaves 2 or 
more at the paso of the po with wide blades, accompanied by several seales. 
owers in a terminal me. Perianth greenish. Lateral sepals narrow, 
nearly db) Poss Tineas, elongate-linear or filiform, longer than the 
i d Lip free, dilated, undulate or erose, sometimes with tubercles at the 
base. Capsule erect. [Leptorchis Thouars.]—About 100 species, widely dis- 
me in temperate and tropical regions.— T wAYBLADES. 
Lip irse at the apex and abruptly pointed: petals narrowly linear to linear- 
Lip wo an undulate blade 2.5-3.5 mm. wide: petals narrowly 
linea 1. L. Loeselii. 
Lip w with an erose blade 12-13 mm. wide: petals linear-filiform. 2. L. DOR 
Lip cuneately dilated at the apex and notched : petals broadly linear. 3. L.e 
