Calypso. CXL. ORCHlDACEiE. 531 



2. L. LcESKLii. Rich. (L. Correana. Spr. Malaxis LoBselii. Sw.) 

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

 racemes ; scape angular ; 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 — b' 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. CORALLORHIZA. Brown. 

 G-r. KopaXy.iof, coral, pl^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 ; poUinia 

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



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

 gmih-daw. Coral-root. — Lip undivided, oval, obtuse, crenulate, spotted; 



spur obsolete, adnate to the ovary; capsule oblong or subglobose. — A singular 

 plant, with no leaves 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 bro\vnish-green. Lip white, generally with purple spots. Capsules large, 

 reflexed, strongly ribbed. July, Aug. 



p. verna. — Up white, without spots, minutely toothed each side — More deli- 

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



2. C. MULTiFLORA. 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 lew 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, irXriKrpoi', a spur; the lip bein? without a spur. 



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

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

 below the apex ; pollinia 4, oblique, lenticular. 



A. iiYEMALK. (Cymbidium hyemale. Willd.) Adam-and-Eve. Putty- 

 root. — Lf. solitary, radical, petiolate, ovate, striate; lip. trifid, obtuse, Avith 

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

 Flor. Root bearing large, roimdish, mucilaginous tubers. Leaf rather elliptic 

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

 ii-om 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 Corallorhiza, brownish-purple, erect, in a terminal raceme. 

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



5. CALYPSO. Salisb. 



Xamed for the ^dcsa Calypiio ( Gr. iraXwTrrw, to conceal). 



Segments of the perianth ascending, secund ; lip ventricose, 

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



C. Bui.Pd.sA. Salisb. (C. Americana. /?/•. C. borealis. Ph. Cypripe- 



dium. Linn.) — Lf. .*<oliiary, radical, broad-ovate, veined ; ///^ narrowed and 



subunguiculatc at ba.se; spur bilid, longer than tlic lip, with acul'* teeth; ped. 



longer than the ovary. — This r.ire and heaulitul plant is foiuid in Vt., (Carey) 



Nova Sroiia, Mich., W. to Oh'T Smpp G— 8' high, sheathed, b'^.-'iinrr ^ sjn- 



