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s/?m.7is of Europe the spike is spirally contorted; not alto- 

 gether congeners probably with Neottia, which is almost 

 exclusively indigenous to tropical America. 



610. CRANICHIS. Swarta, 



Corolla pentapetalous, resupinate, siibn'ngent. 

 Lip behind, vaulted. Anther as in J\'*eottia. 



Roots fasciculated; stems simple, leafy or nearly naked; 

 flowers spiked. 



Species. 1. C. * multijlora. Elliott. "Roots fasci. 

 dilated, terete; leaves radical, oblong-oval and lanceolate; 

 scape naked, many-fiowered; petals partly conpivent." 

 Hab. "In rich oak lands in St, John's Parish, South Caro- 

 lina."— £tt'o^?. 



A small genus, all except the above confined to the 

 island of Jamaica. 



611. LISTERA. B. Brown. Ophrts. Smith, S^c. 

 Corolla irregular. Lip pendent, bifid. Column 



apterous, (minute); t!ie anther inserted at its 

 base. Pollen farinaceous. 



Roots fasciculate, carnose; stem mostly bifoliate, ra- 

 ceme lax; flowers obscurely coloured. 



Species. 1. L. pubescens. Epipacds pubescens. Ph. 



2. cordata. Ophrys cordate^ Mich. Obs. Root fascicula- 

 ted, fibres simple, thick and carnose. Stem partly pen- 

 tagonal, bifoliate towards the middle, about a span high. 

 Peduncle and upper part of the scape viscidly pubescent. 

 Leaves roundish-cordate, veined, smooth, callously mucTO- 

 nulate. Raceme about 7 to 15-flowered; flowers distant^, 

 bractes obvallate, minute, obtuse; pedicell about twice 

 the length of the germ. Petals 5, nearly all reflected, 

 green, 3 of them ovate and concave, the 2 inte;'ior longer, 

 and closely convolute; lip half an inch long, brownish- 

 purple, and deeply bifid, with a minute tooth in the cen- 

 tre of the bifurcation, bidentate at the base, where there 

 exists a small excavation; segments of the lip linear and 

 acute; somewhat divaTicated, the margin near the base 

 reflected. Genitaliferous column minute. Anther per- 

 sistent. Capsule oval. Hab. In moist shady woods, New 

 Jersey, (near Philadelphia.) 3. convallarioides. 



1 1 1 Anther terminal, inserted, persistent. Polkji 

 farinaceous or angular. R. Bhov>^n. 



