>: a spiralis of Europe the srikeis is s olimiis ciated not alto. 
; gether congeners pro’ with: + eed which is Roost 
cxpiaerely) piece — a 
ubri nt. ? 
> father as in a es 
rae s. 1.¢. * wiictles: ir ae. 
, terete; leaves radical, oblong-oval and lanceolate; + 
scape naked, many-flowered; petals partly connivent.” 
Has. “In rich oak ands i in St. John’s Parish, South Caro- 
A lina.” Eliott. € 
A small genus, all except the above boning to the 
island ce Jamaica. : 
Ge. ey a 
ae. «s “Corolla ioPeeular: "eh — ae Column” 
apterous. (minute); the aather inserted at its 
base. Pollen farinaceous. io: 
Roots” fasci Nate, carnose; stem madatly, 
céme lax; on rs obscurely coloured. : 
_ Species. 1. L. pubescens, Epipactis pr 
2. cordata, Ophrys cordata, Mich. Oss. ¥ 
ted, fibres simple, thick and carnose. — a partly wr 
tagonal, bifoliate towards the middle, about aspanhigh. = - 
- Peduncle and upper part of the scape viscidly pubescent. 
. Leaves roundish-cordate, veined, smooth, callously mucro- 
ie. - pulate, Raceme about 7 to 15-Howered; flowers distant, — 
Ee - bractes obvallate,- minute, obtuse; pedicell about twice 
the eb of the germ. Petals 5, nearly all reflected, — 
gr of them ovate and concave, the 2 interior long — 
x olutes ip. bel nag an he 2 
nage ries 
ion sacgments the or linear and 
ivarica the margin near the base 
ed. G italiferous column minute. Anther per- 
sistent. € apsule oval. Has. In moist shady woods, = 
et et erg 3. convallarioides.  ~ 
