GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. Arethusa> 



591 



A. parviflora. Mich.Ji. amer. 2. p. \60. 



Icon. Pluk. mant. (.34S.f.6. 



In shady woods, round the roots of beech- trees : New- 

 York to Kentucky. 1/ . July. v. v. Not above 

 three or four inches high ; flowers pale purple, small. 



5. A, foliis quinis oblongo-lanceolatis verticillatis, caule uni- verticillata, 

 floro, petalis tribus exterioribus longissimis linearibus, 

 interioribus lanceolatis, labello trilobo, lacinia media 

 undulata. Willd. sp, pi. 4. ;6. 8 1 , 



Icon. Pluk. mant. t. 348./ V. bona. 



In shady woods, near the banks of rivulets : Pensylvania 

 to Virginia. 11 . July, v. v. A very scarce and 

 handsome species ; flowers, the size and shape of 

 A. divaricata, of a dull purple mixed with yellow. It 

 has soiTietimes two or three flowers. 



6. A. foliis verticillatis oblongis acuminatis, caule unifloro, 

 flore subsessili, petalis tribus exterioribus linearibus, 

 interioribus brevioribus oblongis obtusis, labello pe- 

 talis consimile. 

 In shady woods on the Blue-mountains. Fanvleck. 11 . 

 July. V. s. in Herb. Fanvleck. Resembles the pre- 

 cedincr in general habit. 



medeoloides. 



6/4. EPIPACTIS. Swariz. act. holm. 1600. p. 231. 



1. E. foliis radicalibus ovatis acutis, scapo aphyllo pubes- puhescens. 



cente laxifloro, floribus pedicellatis, labello bilobo 



vix petalis conniventibus longiore, capsulis clavatis, 



radice palmato. 

 Ophrys pubera. Mich. fl. amer. 2. p. 158. 

 Arethusa racemosa. JValt.Ji. car. 222. 

 Serapias foliis ovatis radicalibus, scapo nudo multifloro. 



Gron.fl. virg. 13/. 

 In pine-barrens of Carolina and Georgia, 1/. June. 



V. s. in Herb. Gronov. et [Falter. Flowers small, 



greenish-white, 



2. E. caule bifolio, foliis oppositis cordato-subrotundisacu- convallarioi- 



lis, spica parviflora, labello oblongo aplce dilatato des, 

 obtuse bilobo, germine subgloboso, radice fibrosa. — 

 Willd. sp. pi. 4. p. 88. 



Ophrys cordata. Mich.Ji. amer. 2. p. 158. 



In shady cedar- swamps and sphagnous woods : Canada 

 to New Jersey ; rare. 11 . May. v. v. A very 

 small plant ; flowers dark-brown, mixed with green. 



