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straight, 2 - S times as long as the lanceolate-subulate bracts. — Swamps, 

 Florida, and northward. June. — Scape lJ°-2° high. Leaves 6' -12' long. 

 Flowers 1 ' - H' wide. 



2. C pallidus, n. ?p. 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 Jonger than the 

 subulate bract. — Wet pine barrens. West Florida, near the coast, to North 

 Carolina. May. — Scape 1°- 1^° 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, Ell.) — 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 approxim.ate, 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 1° 

 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 nearlij alike, erect. 



1. p. ophioglossoides, Nutt. Root fibrous; leaves 2, sessile, lanceo- 

 late, the upper one tenninal 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 ^' long. 



2. P. pendula, Lindl. Root tuberous ; leaves several, short, alternate, 

 ovate, clasping ; flowers 3-7, axillary, long-peduncled, drooping, wiiitish ; 

 sepals and petals lanceolate, acute ; lip spatulate, somewhat 3-lobed, i-oughened 

 but not crested, rather shorter than the petals, lonaer than the column. (Tri- 

 phora pendula, Nutt.) — Rich shady woods, Middle Florida, and northward. 

 July and Aug. — Stem 4' - 8' high. Leaves 6" - 9" long. 



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