OECHIDACKAE. Ill 



(Li.). -S'«/e;)( — Daiotown (Wa.). Cape May — 'Huitkahoe (.la.) (Ke.), 

 near Cape May, very common (St.). ^i/ovittc— Pleasant Mills, Mart. (B. 

 C), Hammonton (Je.) (Re.) (Sa.), Egg Harbor (Pr.). Ocean — Forked 

 River (Ja.) (Mac), Toms River (Ke.), Point Pleasant, veiy common 

 (St.), Whiting's (Wn.). 



10. LIMODORUM L. 

 I. LiMODORUM TUBEROSUM L. Calopogon. M, p. 298. Bogs. Summer, 

 Montgomery — Y^iWow Grove (Mac), Edge Hill (Re.). Delaware — 

 Rhoads' Swamp (Fu.), Tinicum, Dr. Geo. Smith (B. Sm.). Chester— 

 Westtown (W. Tr.). Lancaster— Pleasant Grove (Ca.), in many places 

 (Pr.). Le/ii^ 7j—Salsburg (Kr.). Northampto7i — {P.). 

 New Jersey — General. 



New Cas»e— Thompson's, Ashley, Ogletown, Batten's, Kiamensi. Not 

 rare. 



11. GYROSTACHYS Pers. Ladies' Tresses. 



Flowers 3-ranked ; stems not twisted, or but slightly so. 



Spike short, about 5 cm. long, 8-10 mm. thick; callosities none, or mere 

 thickenings of the basal margins of the lip. 1. G. plantaginea. 



Spike 10-15 cm. long, 12-20 mm. thick; callosities nipple-shaped. 



2. G. cernua. 

 Flowers merely alternate, appearing secund from the spiral twisting of the 

 stem. 

 Stem leafy; lower leaves elongated, mostly persistent through the 



flowering season. 3. G. praecox. 



Stem a scaly scape; leaves basal, mostly withering before the flowering 

 season. 

 Root a single tuber; spike about 2.5 cm. long. 4. G. simplex, , 

 Root a cluster of tubers; spike 2-7 cm. long. 5. G. gracilis, 



1. Gyrostachys plantaginea (Raf.) Britton. M. p. 300. Moist banks. 



Summer. 



BttcA-s— Andalusia, Mart. (B. C), Point Pleasant (Ws.). Montgomery 

 — Shannonville (Cr.). Lancaster— {¥.). Northampton— ^e&v YLa.s.toi^, 

 Porter (He.). 



New Castle — KoWy Oak, Commons and Canby; Pleasant Hill, Commons 

 and Tatnall. Rare. 



2. Gyrostachys cernua (L.) Kuntze. M. p. 300. Wet places. Late sum- 



mer and fall. 



3. Gyrostachys praecox (Walt.) Kuntze. M. p. 300. Grassy places. 



Summer. 



Delaware— CoUingdale, H. C. Barker (B. C), Swarthmore (Pr.). Lan- 

 caster— (P.). 



Burlington -(Quaker Bridge (C), Brown Mills (Sts.). Camden — Clem- 

 enton (Ja.). Gloucester— Near Mickleton (He.), Swedesboro (Li.). Cape 

 May— Avalon (Ke.), Anglesea (Li.), Cape May (Sa.), Wildwood Beach 

 (Wn.). Atlantic — Hammonton (Ja.), Absecon (U. C. S.). 



New Castle — Collins, Canby, and frequent elsewhere. 



4. Gyrostachys simplex (A. Gray) Kuntze. M. p. 300. Dry, saudy soil. 



Late summer. 

 JBmcA-s— TuUytown (Cr.), Penn Valley (Ja.). Lancaster— (P.). 



