58(5 



lacera. 



GYNANDKIA MONANDEIA. 



Orchl 



clavellata. 



quinquesela. 



discolor. 



In exsiccated swamps and mountain meadows : Pensyl- 

 vania to Carolina, ll/ . June, July. v. v. Tn colour 

 and shape resembling No. 1 ; but the flowers are 

 smaller and closer, in a short spike. 

 5. O. labello 3-partito, laciniis subdigitato-filiformibus, 

 cornu germen subaequante, floribus alternis. — Mich, 

 fi. umer. 2. p. 156. 



O. radice palmata, foliis lilii, kc. Clayt. n. 644. 



In low meadows: Pensylvania to Virginia. 1/. July. 

 V. V. Flowers greenish-white. Roots not known. 



Q. O. labello ovato integerrimo, petalis conniventibus, cor- 

 nu clavato longitudine germinis, caule unifoliato. 

 IFilld. sp. pi. 4. p. 10. Mich.Jl. amer. 2. p, 155. 

 In Carolina. Michaux. % . -f. A loose spike, with 

 few flowers ; bractes very short. 



7. O. labello 3-partito : laciniis setaceis, cornu germine 



diiplo longiore. — Mich.Jl. amer. 2. p. 1 55. 

 In sandy low fields, on the side of swamps : Virginia 

 and Carolina. % . June, July. v. v. A loose spike, 

 with alternate and distant flowers ; bractes acumi- 

 nate ; leaves ovate, acute. 



8. O. labello petalis longiore triparlito : laciniis lateralibus 



brevibus acutis, intermedia producta spathulata, cornu 

 filiformi germine subduplo-longiore, folio unico radi- 

 cal i ovato-cordato. 



Orchis floribus sparsis, nectario pedunculum superante, 

 &c. Gron.virg. 13/. 



In pine-barrens : New Jersey to South Carolina. 1/ . 

 July, V. V. 



Bulhis testiculatis, ovatis, acutis. Folium unicum, 

 ovatum, petiolatum, plicato-nervosum, glabrum, 

 subtus purpurascens. Petiolus margine plicato-undu- 

 latus. Scapus pedalis, nudus, vagina una alterave 

 instructus, teres, glaber. Flores laxe spicati, brevis- 

 sime pedicellati, nntanies, tristi- spu exviridi-purpu- 

 rascentes. Peliilaob\ouga, acutiuscula, fiexuosa. La- 

 vellum petalis longius, margine subundatum. Cornu 

 adscendens, filiforme, flexuosum, purpureum. 



** Radicibus pahnatis. 



jiava. 9. O. labello trifido integerrimo : lacinia media majore, 



cornu filiformi longitudine germinis, spica elongata 

 congesta, bracteis flore longioribus. — JVilld. sp. pi. 4. 

 p. 33. 



