ss a alata all = as oh al ale RUSE spe 
?. Spiranthes Rich. Ladies Tresses, 
Stems from a cluster of 3-4 fleshy, tuberous roots. Leaves chiefly 
basal, reduced upwards, Flowers in 1-3 ranks in a twisted spike, con- 
spicuously bracteatee Sepals and petals (in ours) erect, more or less 
joined to form a tube, the lip ascending, reflexed in the upper part, 
sessile, more or less constricted near the middle, bearing two variously 
developed protuberances at the very base, these nearly wanting in some 
specimens, Stigma 2-cleft. Anther 1, Pollen masses 2, powdery, 
Capsule ovoid. 
1. S. Romanzoffiana Cham, & Schl, Roots whitish, 4-6 om, long, often 
1 cm, thick; stems erect, 15-50 cm, tall, leaves tm 10-20 ém, long, 
narrowly oblanceoate to linear, acute or acuminate, attenuate at the base, 
bet sheathing scales above; bracts lenceolate, membranous ; perianth 
whitish or greenish, variable in size, increasing in age, 5-8 mm, long, 
erect3; lip lanceolate in outline, the basal portion oval or roundish, the. 
tip more or less expanded; capsule oval or obovate, 5-8 mm, long, lightly ; 
ribbed, narrowed below to-a stipe 2-3 mm, longs (Ibidium fomanzoffianum House), 
In very dry soil in burns and on steep slopes or in swampy meadows 
and sphagnum bogs. In spite of the great differences in the two types 
of habitat, the plants of both are the same, The name may be 
a later rendering of Pursh's "Ladies Traces"e 
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