Calypso. CXL. ORCHID ACEiE. 631 



2, L. L(ESELii. Rich. (L. Correana. Spr. Malaxis LcEselii. Sw.) 

 Lvs. 2, ovate-oblong, obtuse, plicate, shorter than the few-flowered 

 racemes; scape angtilar; lip ovate, entire; sep. and pet. linear, subequal. — 

 About half as large as the preceding, in moist meadows and fields. Can., 

 Ohio, N. Eng. and Mid. States. Leaves 2 — 3' long, about 1' wide, obtuse or 

 acute, sheathing at base. Scape 3 — 5' high. Flowers about 6, appressed to 

 the rachis, in a thin raceme. Pedicels about 2" in length. Sepals and petals 

 greenish-white. Ovaries clavate, as long as the pedicels. Jn. 



3. CORALLORHlZA. Brown. 



Gr. KopaWiov, coral, pJ|a, root; its branched roots much resemble coral. 



Segments of the perianth nearly equal, converging ; lip produced 

 behind ; spur short and adnate to the ovary ; column free ; pollinia 

 4, oblique (not parallel). — Plants leafless. 



1. C. oDONTORHizA. Nutt. (C. vcma. NiM. C. innata. Br.) Dra- 

 gon's-claw. Corcdr-not.—Lip undivided, oval, obtuse, crenulate, spotted ; 



s-pur obsolete, adnate to the ovar)' ; capsule oblong or subglobose. — A singular 

 plant, with no Jeaves or green herbage, inhabiting old woods. Can. to Car. and 

 Ky. The root is a collection of small, fleshy tubers, articulated and branched 

 much like coral. Scape 9—14' high, rather fleshy, striate, smooth, invested 

 with a few long, purplish-brown sheaths. Flowers 10—20, in a long spike, of 

 a brownish-green. Lip white, generally with purple spots. Capsules large, 

 reflexed, strongly ribbed. July, Aug. 



/?. xerna. — Lip white, without spots, minutely toothed each side. — More deli- 

 cate and slender than the variety a. Flowers fewer (7 — 10). 



2. C. MDLTiPLORA. Nutt. • Flowering Coral-root. 



Scape many-flowered; lip cuneate"-oval, spotted, 3-parted; the middle 

 lobe recurved, lateral ones short and tooth-like ;' spur conspicuous, adnate ; cap. 

 elliptic-obovoid. — In woods, growing on the roots of trees, N. Eng. and Mid. 

 States. Root coralline. Scape 10—15' high, leafless, brownish-purple, sheath- 

 ed with a'few bracts. Flowers larger than in the other species, 15—20, erect- 

 spreading, in a long raceme. Lip showy, 3 — 4" long, white, sprinkled with 

 purple spots. Spur yellowish, conspicuous, but short and adnate to the ovary. Jl. 



4. APLECTRUM. Nutt, 



Gr. a, privative, nXrjKTpov, a spur; the lip being without a spur. 



Segments of the perianth distinct, nearly equal, converging ; lip 

 tinguiculate, not produced at base ; column free ; anther a little 

 .below the apex ; pollinia 4, oblique, lenticular. 



A. HYEMALE. (Cymbidium hyemale. Willd.) Adavv-and-Eve. Putty- 

 root. Z/. solitary, radical, petiolate, ovate, striate; lip. trifid, obtuse, with 



the palate ridged.— A fine plant, in woods. Can., Ohio! to N. Eng. (rare) and 

 Flor. Root bearing large, roundish, mucilaginous tubers. Leat rather elliptic 

 than ovate, 4 — 5' long, J — A as wide, twice as long as the petiole, which arises 

 from the summit of the tuber a short distance from the scape. Scape arising 

 from beneath the tuber, about If high, invested with 2—3 sheaths. Flowers 

 resembling those of Corallorliiza, brownish-purple, erect, in a terminal raceme. 

 Lip dilated near the end. Capsule large, smooth, nodding. May, Jn. 

 5. CALYPSO. Salisb. 



Named for the goJdess Calypso {G)'- KaXwro), to conceal). 



Segments of the perianth ascending, seeund ; lip ventricose, 

 spurred beneath near the end ; column petaloid ; pollinia 4. 



C. BULBosA. Salisb. (C. Americana. Br. C. borealis. Ph. Cypripe- 



dium. Linn.)—Lf. solitaiy, radical, broad-ovate, veined ; lip narrowed and 



subimguiculate at -base ; spur "bifid, longer than the lip, with acute teeth ; ped. 



longer than the ovary.— This rare and beautiful plant is found in Vt., {Carey) 



Nova Scotia, Mich., W. to Oreg. Scape G— 8' high, sheathed, bearing a sin- 



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