GYNANDRIA— MONANDRIA. Corallorrhiza. 49 

 420. CORALLORRHIZA. Coral-root. 



Hall. Hist, V. 2. 159. Br. in Ait. H. Kew. eel 2. 2;. 5. 209. Comp. 

 ed.4. 142. 



Cal. superior, of 3 lanceolate, spreading, almost equal, per- 

 manent leaves. Pet. 2, oblong, or lanceolate, ascending, 

 nearly the length of the calyx. Nect. with more or less 

 of a spur which is either prominent or not, the lip more 

 or less three-lobed, rounded at the end, rather shorter 

 than the calyx. Anth. terminal, hemispherical, decidu- 

 ous, of 2 close cells, depositing the four masses oi' polle?i 

 upon the stigma. Germ, obovate-oblong. Sfj/le shorter 

 than the petals, unconnected with them, incurved ; con- 

 vex behind; channelled in front. Stigma obsolete, be- 

 neath the anther in front. Caps, elliptic-oblong. Seeds 

 numerous, extremely minute, roundish, each with a long, 

 lax, white, chaflPy tunic. 



Root tuberous, fleshy, branched, horizontal, beset irregu- 

 larly with shortish, simple, fibrous radicles. Leaves none, 

 except a few sheathing scales, on the simple, radical 

 stalk. Cluster erect, of several bracteated particoloured 

 Jlowers. Spur obtuse, sometimes hardly discernible, al- 

 ways shorter than the germen. Capsule pendulous. Na- 

 tives of Europe, North America, and Nepaul. Six 

 species are known. 



1. C. innata. Spurless Coral-root. 



Spur of the nectary short, not distinct from the slightly 

 three-lobed lip. Root copiously branched. 



C. innata. Br. as a6ot)e. 209. Cowp. ed.4. 145. Hook. Scot. 2bo. 

 Lond. t. 142. 



C. n. 1301. Hall. Hist. V. 2. 159. <.44. 



Cymbidium corallorrhizon. Sw.Orch. 77. Willd. Sp. PL v. 4. 109. 



Ophrvs corallorrhiza. Linn. Sp. PL 1339. LapL Tour v. 1 . 222. 



/. 223. FL Br. 932. Engl. Bot. v. 22. L 1547. Lightf. 523. t. 23. 



Fl. Dan. t. 45 1. Gunn. Norveg. p. 1 . 54. p. 2. t. ()./. 3. 



Orobiinche radico coralloide. Bauh. Pin. 88. Rudb. Elys. v. 2. 



23 1 . /; 9. Mcntz. Pug'ilL t. 9. 

 O. svconum, rudice coralloides, flore albo. Rudb. Elys. v. 2. 234. 



/.IG. 

 (). spuria, scu corallorrliiza. Ru}>p. Jen. cd. 1. 28 1. /. 

 Khizocoralion. J lull, in Riq>p. Jen. cd. 'A. 30 1 . 

 Dentaria coralloide radice. Chts. Hist. v. 2. 120./. Paiin. 450./, 

 Bc.sL Hort. Eysf.asfiv. ord \. i. {./. 4. 



D. minor, (ier. Em. 1585. /. 



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