Flowers few in a terminal raceme. Perianth brownish-yellow, striped with 
purple. Lateral sepals narrow, slightly 
curved. Petals slightly longer than the 
als. Lip dilated, 3-lobed, 3-ridged 
above the claw, spurless. Capsule droop- 
ing.—One species. 
oe es Torr. Leaf au- 
late: lip he blad 
with 2 duum vs SR lobes and a 
suborbieular  erenulate middle lobe: 
capsule 2-2.5 em. long.—(ADAM- AND- 
EvE. PUTTY-ROOT.)— Woods, various prov 
inces, rarely Coastal Plain, Ga. to Atk., Calif., Sask., Ont, and Vt.—Spr. 
34. HEXALECTRIS Raf. Caulescent i: with. coral-like rootstocks. 
Leaves scale-like. Flowers in a terminal raceme. Perianth brownish-yellow 
an with light purple. Lateral sepals S dio than the median 
Petals eurved, longer than the lat- 
e sepals. Lip 3-lobed, with a crest 
of several ridges, spurless. Capsule 
drooping.—Two species, the following 
and one in Mexico. 
lH. ÉD pie pibus Stem 
1-5 dm p me loosely- 
flowered poa is ate, 16- 
20 mm. long: petals Pec o. 
lip 16-18 m mm. long, with a narrow base, 
388 ORCHIDACEAE 
wide lateral lobes and a crisped mid- 
l 
5i 
er provinces, Fla. to Tex., Ariz., Mo., Ind., and Md.—(AMfez.)—Sum.—The 
ae is devoid of roots and of SL E The pem and ae are brown 
35. CORALLORRHIZA R. Br. Caulescent succulent e brownish 
Or reddish herbs, with coral-like root-stocks. Leaves reduced t 
e l ra Periant 
narrowed at the base. Lip ted, the blade undulate or lobed. Capsule 
nodding. ae ut 15 species, Ee distributed in wis north temperate zone.— 
CORAL-ROOTS. CORAL-ORCHIDS. 
Lip 3-lobed, the lateral lobes D or directed forward. 
Lip deeply 3-lobed : spur prominen 1. 
Lip shallowly 3- lobed : spur obsolete 2: 
Lip not Te ps DH n erose or eris 
Lip 4-8 mm. long, the blade obovate to suborbicula 
Lip long-clawed ME clawless, "the blade no tehed: column 
C.m 
C. Co rM 
broadly winged. 3. C. Wisteriana. 
Lip short-clawed or clawless, the blade short-tipped : 
- column ae 'rowly winged. 4. C. odontorrhiza. 
Lip 3-3.5 mm. long, the blade elliptic, obtuse. 5. C. micrantha. 
