clavellata. 



qumqueseta. 



586 GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. Orchis. 



In exsiccated swamps and mountain meadows : Pensyl- 

 vania to Carolina. 7/ . June, July, v v. Tn colour 

 and shape resembling No I ; but the flowers are 

 smaller and closer, in a short spike. 

 lacera. 5. O. labello 3-partito, laciniis subdigitato-filiformibus, 



cornu germen subaequante, floribus alternis. — Mich. 

 fi. amer. 1. p. 156. 



O. radice palniata, foliis lilii, ?cc. Clnyt. n. 644. 



In low meadows: Pensylvania to Virginia %. July. 

 V. V. Flowers greenish-white. Roots not known. 



6. O. labello ovato integerrimo. petalis conniventibus, cor- 

 nu ciavato longitudine germinis, caule unifoliato. 

 JVilld. sp. pi. 4. p. 10. Mkh.Jl. amer. 2. p. 153. 



In Carolina. Michaux. %. -f. A loose spike, with 

 few flowers ; bractes very short. 



7. O. labello 5-partito : laciniis setaceis, cornu germine 

 duplo longiorc. — Mich.Ji. amer. 2. p. 155. 



In sandy low fields, on the side of swamps : Virginia 

 and Carolina. 1/. June, July. v. v. A loose spike, 

 with alternate and distant flowers ; bractes acumi- 

 nate ; leaves ovate, acute. 

 discolor. 8. O. labello petalis lonc^iore tripartito : laciniis lateralibus 



brevibus acutis, intermedia producta spathulata, cornu 

 filitormi germine subduplo-longiore, folio unico radi- 

 cal! ovato-cordato. 



Orchis floribus sparsis, nectario pedunculum superante, 

 &c. Gron. virg. 137. 



In pine-barrens : New Jersey to South Carolina. IJ. . 

 July. V. V. 



Bullis testiculatis, ovatis, acutis. Folium unicum, 

 ovatum, petiolatum, plicalo-nervosum, glabrum, 

 subtus purpurascens. Petiolus margine plicato-undu- 

 latus. Scapus pedalis, nudus, vagina una alterave 

 instructus, teres, glaber. Flares laxe spicati, brevis- 

 sime pedicellati, nutantes, tristi- seu exviridi-purpu- 

 rascentes. Pt?/(7/a oblonga, acutiuscula, flexuosa. La- 

 bellum petalis longius, margine subundatum. Cornu 

 adscendens, filiforme, flexuosum, purpureum. 



** Radicilus palmatis. 



Jlava. 9. O. labello trifido integerrimo : lacinia media majore, 



cornu filitormi longitudine germinis, spica elongata 

 congesta, bracteis flore longioribus. — lyUld. sp. pi. 4. 

 p. 33. 



