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rowly jpatnlate-linear and drooping ; spur about l' long, curved, gradually 

 thickened towards the lihmt tip: tl. .July. 



H. Hookeri. Sandy woods from I'cnn. N. : smaller in all part>, flower* 

 in .June; the orbicular leaves only .'!'- .V broad and Hat on the ground; .-cape 

 naked, C>'-12' high, hearing fewer yellowish-green (lowers in a strict spike; 

 sepals lancc-o\ an- ; lip lanceolate and pointed, incurved, the other petals lance- 

 aul->haped; spur lender, acuf, nearly 1' long. 



4. SPIRANTHES,. LADIES'-TRESSES. (Name from the Greek, de- 

 notes that the Mowers arc spiral : they oftt M arc apparently spirally twi.-ted in 

 the spike. ) Flowers white. The speeies are difficult ; tlie following are the 

 commonest. 



* Fiou-crs crowded in 3 ranks in a dose spike : wet banks or bogs. 



S. latifblia. Only from Delaware X. : known by its oblong or lance-ob- 

 long leaves (I' -3' long), all at the base of the scape, and narrow spike of small 

 Mnooth flowers early in June. 



S. Romanzoviana. Cold bogs, from N. New England W. : 5' -15' high, 

 with oblong-lanceolate or grassy-linear leaves, a dense spike of flowers at mid- 

 summer, all 3 sepals and 2 petals conniving to form an upper lip. 



S. cdrnua, Common K. and S. : 6' -20' high, with lance-linear leaves, 

 cylindrical often lengthened spike, and lower sepals not upturned but parallel 

 with the lower petal or lip : tl. in autumn. 



# * Floictrs in one str<ii<jld <>r often spiral hi tir/sta/ mnk, in summer. 



S. graminea. Wet grassy places from X. England S. : stem about 1 

 high, towards its base and at the flohy root bearing linear or lance-linear leaves, 

 which mostly last through the flowering season; spike dense and much twisted, 

 rather downy. 



S. gracilis. Hills and sandy plains : scape s'cndcr, 8'- 18' high, bearing a 

 slender spike ; leaves all from the tuberous root, short, ovate or oblong, apt to 

 wither away before the small flowers appear in late summer. 



5. GOODYERA, RATTLESNAKE PLANTAIN. (Named for JnJ,n 

 fiifiifi/i ;-, an English botanist.) Flowers small, in summer, greenish-white, 

 spiked on a scape; the leaves all clustered at the root, ovate, small. 



Q-. rdpens. Evergreen woods N.: 3'- 8' high, slender ; flowers in a loose 

 one-sided spike, with inflated sac-shaped lip. 



G. pubescens. Oak and pine woods E. & S. : G'- 12' high ; larger, with 

 leaves more beautifully white-reticulated, and flowers not one-sided in the denser 

 spike ; lip globular. 



G. Menzidsii. Woods, only from New York \V. : 9'- 12' high ; leaves less 

 reticulated ; flowers loose in the spike, narrower and pointed in the bud, the lip 

 hardly sac-shaped at the base and tapering to a narrow apex. 



0. ARETHUSA. (Mythological name of a nymph and fountain.) FJ ' te 

 spring. 



A. bulb6sa. A charming little plant, in wet bogs N. : consists of a scape 

 6'- 10' high rising from a solid bulb or conn, sheathed below with one or two 

 green bracts, and terminated with the bright rose-pink flower 1'- 2' long. 



7. CALOPOGON. (Xamc in Greek means Imiuliful beard, referring to 



the lip.) Fl. early summer. 



C. pulchellUS. Wet bogs : scape about 1 high, from a small solid bulb, 

 slender, bearing next the !>:IM> a long linear or lanceolate many-nerved gras-s-like 

 leaf, and at the summit 2 - C> beautiful pink-purple flowers (!' broad), the lip as 

 if hinged at its base, bearded with white, yellow, and purple club-shaped hairs. 



8. POGONIA. (Name in Creek means Ininld, i. e. on the lip: this is 

 hardly the ease in most of our species.) \Vc have several, but the only widely 

 common one is 

 P. ophioglossoides. Wet bogs along with the Calopogon, and in 



blossom at the same time : stem 6' -9' high from a root of thick fibres, bearinp 



