308 Class XX. Order L 



243. ARETHUSA. 



AREU HUSA BULBOSA. L. Bulbous Arethusa, 



Root globular ; scape sheathed ; spathe two 

 leaved. L. 



The root of this beautiful plant is a tuber or solid bulb, with 

 the stem ascending from one side. In small plants the stem 

 appears perfectly leafless, and only invested with a few alter- 

 nate sheaths. In large plants the upper sheath expands into 

 a short lanceolate leaf. The stem is erect, smooth, and bears 

 a single flower, invested at base with a minute, two leaved 

 spathe. Petals blue, all of them bent to one side, in the form 

 of a hood. Lip of the nectary spreading, deflexed, somewhat 

 crenate, bearded inside. Style large, broad, incurved like the 

 petals, supporting the anther near its end. Meadows. May. 

 June. 



ARETHUSA OPHIOGLOSSOIDES. L. Adders' tongue Jlrethusa. 



Root fibrous ; scape furnished with an oval leaf, 

 and a lanceolate spathe-like leafet. L. 



The root has no appearance of a bulb. Stem erect, with 

 two remote leaves, one about midway of the stem, oval and 

 sheathing at base ; the other near the flower, ovate-lanceolate, 

 much smaller. Flower pale blue, nodding, its petals spread- 

 ing more than in the last species. Lip of the nectary spreading, 

 fringed at the edge. Pistil bearing the anther near its end, and 

 shorter than in the foregoing. Meadows. June. 



244. CYMBIDIUM. 



CYMBIDIUM PULCHELLUM. Sw. Tuberous Cymbidium. 



Leaves radical, ensiform, nerved ; scape few 

 flowered; lip erect, narrowed at base, with an ex- 

 panded border, and a concave hairy disc. Sw. 



Syn. LnioDORUM TUBEROSUM. L. 



