oa ¥ Re 
“concave » the lip dilated at the base, 
8. Goodyera R. Bre Rattlesnake Plantain, 
Perennial herbs, from creeping rootstocks, with coarse fleshy roots. 
Leaves basal, rather fleshy, strongly white-veined, Flowers ina 
terminal one-sided raceme, Perianth segments unequal, the lateral sepals 
free, the upper united with the petals to form a galea, ovate-lanceolate, 
1, Ge repens (L.) Re Bre: Leaves dark green, 5-8 om, long, ellipticale> =| 
lanceolate, narrowed at the base to a margined petiole 1-2 om, long, | 
‘acute; stem 20-25 cm, tall, glandular-pubescent, bearing 2-3 scales; 
raceme*8-10 cm, long, bracts 1 cm, long, narrowly lanceolate, ascending, 
subscarious; perianth=segments, sordid white, often greenish, 7-8 mm, long; 
capsule glandular-hairy, 8-9 mm, long. (Peramium repens Salisb.). 
In the duff of dry coniferous woods, 2500-5000 ft.e3 common throughout 
which has not been detected in our area) 
our rangee Differs from G, decipiens (Hook.) Hu in its deeply 
saccate lip and secund raceme (Williams in Am, Mid, Nat, 18: 839). 
