a 
eaves short and Seichexitigtatscrcs axillary and pe- 
dunculate, gem ts fastigiate. — 
Species. 1. T.; * Arethusa fae ae 
ae 82. Pa a oe 
and + ahaa about. 
base. Leaves 6 ¢ prey and very bas , about half an 
r ~ long, ample: , ovate ee to 7-n 
- green. Flowers 7 on4, eish-pu ra 
cles axillary and terminal, Oe ake benpit pi gee. rerm, 
after inflorescence pendulously recurved; petals linear- 
; lanceolate, equal in length, the 2 inner a litile broader, 
_ -tonnivent, never expanding. ‘Lip before, about the length 
of the petals, spathulate and cucullate, conspicuously un- 
guiculate; the centre above the claw alittle rough but not 
crested; proper lip or middle lobe oval and entire. Ge- 
; nitaliferons column linearly spatbu > and ww aes rie ° 
not much s rthan the whole lip, flat, (not id ; 
~_ truncately clavate as in Pogonia) perpendicular, margin- 
ated, the inner surface marked with an elliptic glandular 
and secreting cicatrice. _ Anther 1-celled, semicordate 
and vertical, unguiculately articulated behind, colour a 
brilliant and deep violet-purple. Pollen farinaceous, the 
‘2? masses yi. epean superficially” by 2 int 
(In the preceding genus there’ are both these” 
_ a proper dissepiment.) Capsule cylindric-ot 
ae Mostly parasitic round the roots of Beech trees, from New 
York to Kentucky, (very abundant near Cincinnati, on the 
aad Ohio), T have also collected it near Savannah in Georgia. 
=A second species ((Arethusa gentianeides ) appears to 
@xist in the island of Jamaica, The whole habit and cha- 
“racter is at variance with Pogonia. It makes an artificial 
approach towards Cymbidium hiemale of Willdenow, 
(Arethuuza spicata of Walter ee but j in this mee she oie 
de 
| | Petals 55 dict. Lip behind, (or inverted), 
unguiculated; the lamina bearded. Colwmn frees, 
Pollen angular. 2 
~ ensiform, arid; a -bractes minute; 
idish-purple, large- = 
herical; | ci mel. 
Root small and bulbous, nearly spherical; lea’ | 
