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straight, 2~3 times as long as the lanceolate-subulate bracts. — Swamps, 
Florida, and northward. June.— Scape 14°-2° high. Leaves 6/-12! long. 
Flowers 1! - 13^ wide. 
2. C. pallidus, n. sp. Scape 10 -20-flowered ; leaf linear, erect, keeled, 
few-nerved'; flowers scattered, white tinged with purple; lateral sepals obliquely 
oblong, shorter than the linear-lanceolate acute petals; lip wedge-obovate, 
abruptly short-pointed, obtusely 2-eared at the base; filaments of the crest 
mostly united and purple at the base; ovary straight, scarcely longer than the 
subulate bract.— Wet pine barrens, West Florida, near the coast, to North 
Carolina. May.— Scape 1°-14° high. Leaves 6'—9' long. Flowers 9/-12" 
wide. : 
3. C. parviflorus, Lindl. Scape 3-6-flowered; leaf linear, concave, 
appressed to the scape; flowers approximate, bright purple; lateral sepals 
oblong, curved, acute, longer than the oblong-lanceolate, obtuse petals; lip 
wedge-obovate, emarginate, winged at the base; filaments of the crest all yellow 
and distinct; ovary curved, four times as long as the ovate-acuminate bract. 
(C. pulchellus, var. graminifolius, ÆN.) — Wet pine barrens, Florida to North 
Carolina. March and April. — Scape 6’-12! high. Leaves 3'-5'long. Flow- 
ers 8" — 10" wide. 
4. C. multiflorus, Lindl. Scape 7-14-flowered; leaves mostly two, 
linear, rigid, concave, erect; flowers approximate, deep purple; lip wedge- 
Shaped, pointed, winged at the base, bearded in the middle with uniform, 
filiform hairs; sepals and petals ovate, acute. — South Florida. — Plant 19 
high. Leaves 3!-5' long. Flowers of the size of the preceding. 
9. POGONIA, Juss. 
Sepals and petals alike, or the former narrower and elongated. Lip mostly 
crested and 3-lobed. Column club-shaped, wingless. Anther lid-like, stalked. 
Pollen-masses 2, powdery. — Stems erect from thick fibrous or tuberous roots, 
sheathed at the base, few-leaved, 1- or few-flowered. Leaves alternate or whorled. 
Flowers nodding, showy. 
* Sepals and petals nearly alike, erect. a 
1. P. ophioglossoides, Nutt. Root fibrous; leaves 2, sessile, lanceo- 
late, the upper one terminal and smaller; flower mostly solitary, terminal, 
Sessile, pale rose-color ; sepals lanceolate, as long as the oval or oblong petals ; 
lip spatulate, flat, yellow-crested, fimbriate on the margins, longer than the 
Petals, and twice as long as the thick column. — Swamps, Florida, and north- 
ward. April and May. — Stem 6/-12' high. Flowers 3" long. 
2. P. pendula, Lindl. Root tuberous; leaves several, short, alternate, 
Ovate, clasping ; flowers 3-7, axillary, long-peduncled, drooping, whitish ; 
Sepals and petals lanceolate, acute ; lip spatulate, somewhat 3-lobed, roughened 
but not crested, rather shorter than the petals, longer than the column. (Tri 
Phora pendula, Nutt.) — Rich shady woods, Middle Florida, and m 
July and Aug. — Stem 4/-S' high. Leaves 6"-9" long, — - 
