Goodyera.-] ORCHIDEiE. . 203 



squamatis, spica gracili laxa, floiibus bracteas superantibus, sepalis lateralibus liberis la- 

 bello oblongo-subspathulato crenulato paullo longioribus. — (Tab. CCIII.) — Bigel, Bost. 

 ed. 2. p. 322.— Neottia tortilis. Ph. Am. 2. p. 589 (non Szi?.).— Ophrys aestivalis. Mx. 



Am, 2./?. 157. 



Hab. Canada; and from Lake Huron, (Dr Todd) to Fort Franklin, on tbe Mackenzie River. Dr Rich- 

 ardson, Drummond.—Dv Bigelow has well described this plant, and remarked that the radical leaves 

 frequently falling off, cause it to appear leafless at the time of flowering ; and it is this imperfect state 

 evidently, that Michaux has described, and when he says, " scapo folioso, foiiis lanceolatis acutissimis," he 

 alludes to its leaf-like scales. Pursh completely misunderstood Michaux, or he would never have referred 

 the plant to Neottia tortilis of Swartz, which has linear radical leaves a foot long, and a scape 2 feet high ; 

 and he has copied the character of N. tortilis from Swartz and Willdenow. The present species is frequent 

 in the United States. I possess specimens from Drs Schweiuitz and Boott, and from Mr Greene. 



Tab. CCIII. Fig, 1, Flower; /. 2, Labellum -.—magnified, 



3. S. decipiens; foiiis radicalibus ovatis, scapo pubescente squamoso squamis subfoliaceis, 

 spica multiflora laxiusciila, bracteis flore brevioribus, labello ovato acuminato obtuso basi 

 concavo apice conduplicato, anthera gynizoque acuminatis. (Tab. CCIV.) 



Hab. Lake Huron. Dr Todd, Lake Simcoe, and near the sources of the Columbia River. Vrummond, 

 Fort Vancouver and Straits of De Fuca. Br Scoukr.—This plant has so completely the hubit of the Good- 

 yera puhescens of American Botanists, that if I had not observed that its sepals were more acuminated, I 

 should have been satisfied that it was that plant. But on looking into the flower. I find the column and an- 

 ther and pollen to be completely those of a Spiranthes. Root or caudcs creeping, jointed, with lateral fibres, 

 resembling a Scolopendra, The leaves are in like manner frequently tessellated, or mottled with dark 

 green on a pale green. Scape 8 inches to a foot high. Spike downy. Sepals ovato-lanceolate, acuminated, 

 but rather obtuse, petals lanceolate, cohering with the upper sepal. Lip parallel with the column, ovate and 

 concave at the base, then tapering gradually into a long, narrow, canaliculated, obtuse, nearly straight point. 

 Column short. Stigma square near the base, tapering upwards into a long sharp acumen, the gynizus y 

 anther, from the back of this, fixed and parallel with it, ovate, very convex above, terminating in a very sharp 

 apex, opening with two cells and casting the pollen-mass on the back of the gynizus. This pollen-mass con- 

 sists of a long subulate connectivum, to which are fixed, one on each side, a double row of compact cohering 

 grains, the whole being pyriform, full yellow. 



Tab. CCIV. Fig. 1, Flower; /. 2, Column and lip; /. 3, 4. Different views of the column; 

 /. 5, Upper side of a pollen mass ; / 6, Underside of do. -.—magnified. 



15. GOODYERA. Br, 



l.G.repens (Br.); foiiis ovatis subunicoloribus, labello ovato sublonge acuminato 

 acumine modice recurvo, columna brevissima. Hook. FL Lond. N. S. t. 144. — Neottia. 

 Sw. — Ph. Am. 2. p. 589. — Satyrium. L. 



Hab. Mountain woods of the Rocky Mountains {Drummond) and from the Saskatchawan to Fort Frank- 

 lin. Dr Richardson.—Smz\\er than the following, with the leaves thinner, rarely reticulated with white 

 veins. I have in vain sought for a distinctive character in the sepals ; they appear to me to be of the same 

 shape in both species, and even the lip presents but little character. The acumen is, however, longer and 

 less recurved in the present individual, and the column is always very short. 



