536 CXL. ORCHIDACEiE. Gogdyer*. 



lous —A small, delicate plant, in swamps, Mid. W. ! and S. States. Stem 

 scarcely 6' high, slightly angled, with about 3 flowers, which from their singu- 

 lar form suggest the commoQ name. Leaves 3 — 6, i — f' long, | as wide, 

 purplish. Flowers white or greenish, the segments of the perianth equal, con- 

 verging, and rather longer than the lip. Aug. 



10. GALOP OG ON. Brown. 



Gr. KaXoi, beautiful, TToyybiv, beard ; in ailusion to the bearded lip. 



Segments of the perianth distinct ; lip on the upper side of the 

 flowers, unguiculate, bearded ; column free, winged at the summit j, 

 pollen angular. 



C. puLCHELLUs. Br. (Cymbidium. Willd.) Grass Pink. 

 Rt. tuberous ; //. radical, ensiform, veined ; scape few-flowered ; lip erect, nar- 

 rowed at base, with an expanded border, and a concave, hairy disk. — A truly beau- 

 tiful plant, in swamps and moist meadows, U. S. and Can. Scape slender, 10 — 20' 

 high, furnished with a single, long leaf (8—12' by \'\ sheathing its base. Flow- 

 ers 3 — 8, large, purple, remarkable for their inverted position ; lip expanded 

 at the end and fimbriate on the upper side of the flower, while the column is 

 below. Petajs and sepals expanded. July. 



11. SPIRANTHES. Rich. 

 Gr. (nrtipa, a cord; in reference to the tv-dsted spikei 



Flowers in a spiral spike ; petals connivent ; lip unguicuTate^ 

 parallel with the column, entire, with 2 callous processes at base j 

 column free, clavate, bidentate at summit ; ovary oblique ; stigma 

 rostrate. 



1. S. GRACILIS. Beck. (Neottia. Bw.) Ladies' Tresses. 



JLvs. radical, ovate, caducous; scape sheatlied , ^s. in a spiral row; lip 

 obovate, curled. — A very delicate plant, not uncommon in old woods, N. Eng., 

 Can. Scape leafless, with several remote, sheathing scales, very slender, and 

 8 — 12' high. Leaves 3 — 4, close to the ground, 1 — 2' long, J as -vvide, on short 

 petioles, mostly withering and falling away before the flowers expand. Flow- 

 ers small, white, arranged in a row which winds once or twice around the 

 stem. July. 



2. S. TORTiLis. Sw. (Ophrys. Mx. S. aestivalis. Mx.) 



Radical Ivs. linear; scape sheathed;. /s. spirally sec und ; Z/p somewhat 3- 

 iobed, the middle lobe larger, crenulate. — A plant mostly similar to the last, in 

 woods and meadows, N. Eng. to Car. Leaves 3—6' by 2 — 4" commonly dis- 

 appearing before flowering. Scape slender, a foot or more high, with a spiral 

 row of oblique, small, white flowers, forming a twisted spike a— 4' long. July. 



3. S. CERNUA. Rich. (Neottia. Willd.) 



X<r5. radical, linear-lanceolate, veined; stem sheathed; spike dense; fls.re- 

 curved, drooping ; sep. and pet. cohering ; Up oblong, entire or crenulate, dilated 

 at the apex. — In moist grounds, N. Eng. to Ga. Scape ^ — l^f high, rather 

 stout, pubescent above, with a dense, twisted spike at summit 1 — 2' long. Leaves 

 3 or more, nearly or quite radical, 3 — 8 or 10' long, ^ — 1' wide. Bracts ovatje, 

 acuminate, as long, as the greenish flowers. Aug. Oct. 



1^. GOOD YE R A. Brown. 

 Named for John GooJyer, an obscure English botanist. 



Perianth ringent ; calyx herbaceous, upper sepal vaulted, the 2 

 lower ones beneath the saccate and entire lip ; column free, pollen 

 angular ; stigma prominent, roundish. 



G. PUBESCENS. Br. Rattlesnake Plantain. 



Lvs. radical, ovate, petiolate, reticulate; scape sheathed, and with the 

 flowers, pubescent ; lip ovate, acuminate ; pet. ovate. — A plant found in woods. 

 Can. ajid U. S. remarkably distirguished for its leaves which are aU radical 



