0«CHIDACF.JE. 



375 APLKCTEUM. 



umn winged; pollinia 4, parallel with each other, without 

 pedicels or glands. 



Gr. XiTragos, elegant, shining ; a term cliaracteristic of these plants. 



1. L. LILIFO'LIA. Rich. Malaxis lilifolia. Sic. 

 Leaves 2, ovate-lanceolate ; scape triangular ; ifincr petals filiform, reflexed : 



lip concave, obovate, acute at the tip. Leaves radical, 3—6 inches long, ^ — i 

 as wide, rather acute, tapering into a sheatiiing base. Scape about 6 inches 

 high. Flowers 10—20, in a terminal, rather showy raceme. Pedicels near an 

 inch in length. The 3 sepals greenish-white, linear. 2 upper petals capil- 

 lary, vellowTsh white. Lip much larger than the other petals, white. In 

 woods and swamps. June. Tway-hlade. 



2. L. LcESE'LII. Rich. L. Correana. Spr. Malaxis Loeseiii. Sw. 

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



racemes ; scape angular ; lij) ovate, entire ; sepals and petals linear, subequal. 

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

 o_3 inches long, about 1 wide, obtuse or acute, sheathing at base. Scape 

 3—5 inches high. Flowers about 6, appressed to the rachis, in a thin raceme. 

 Pedicels about 2 lines in length. Sepals and petals greenish white. Ovaries 

 clavate, as long as the pedicels. June. 



3. CORALLORHI'ZA. 

 Segments of the perianth nearly equal, converging; lip 

 produced behind ; spur short and adnate to the ovary ; column 

 free ; pollinia 4, oblique (not parallel). 



Gr. KOgaXXioi/. coral, qI^cc, a root ; on account of its branched roots which 

 much resemble coral. Plants leafless. Scape sheathed. 



1. C. ODONTORHl'ZA. Mitt. C. innata. 5r. 

 £'/> undivided, oval, obtuse, crenulate, spotted ; spur obsolete, adnate to 



the ovary ; cnpsute subglobose. A singular plant, with no leaves or green 

 herbage, inhabiting old woods. The root is a collection of small, fleshy tubes 

 articulated and branched much like coral. Scape 9 — 14 inches high, rather 

 fleshy, striate, smooth, invested with a few, long, purplish brown sheaths. 

 Flowers 15—25, in a long spike, of a brownish green. Lip white, generally 

 with purple spots. Capsules large, reflexed, strongly ribbed. July, Aug. 



/3. (C. innata. JVutt.) ; lip white, without spots. More delicate and slender 

 than the variety a. Flowers fev/er (7—10). Dragon s-claw. Coral-root. 



2. C. multiflo'ra. Kutt. 



.Scape many-flowered ; /j'/) cuneate-oval, spotted, 3-parted, the middle lobe 

 recurved, lateral ones short and tooth-like ; spur conspicuous, adnate ; capsule 

 elliptic-obovoid. In woods, growing on the roots of trees. N. H. Common. 

 Root coralline. Scape 10— lo inches high, leafless, brownish purple, sheathed 

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

 spreading, on a long raceme. Lip showy, 3—4 lines long, white, sprinkled 

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

 ovary. July. Flowering Coral-root. 



4. APLE'CTRUM. 

 Segments of the perianth distinct, nearly equal, converg- 

 ing; lip unguiculate, not produced at base; column free; 

 anther a little below the apex; pollinia 4, oblique, lenticular. 



