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16. GOODYERA, R. Brown. Eattlesnake Plantaik. 



Sepals and petals nearly ctjual, the two lateral sepals including the base of the 

 sessile lip, the upper one connivent with tlic petals. Lip concave or sac-like, 

 contracted above the middle into a recurved and channelled point. Anther at' 

 tachcd to the dorsal apex of the short and free column. Pollen-masses 2, entire, 

 powderr. — Stems leafy or scape-like, from a slender creeping rootstoek, bearing 

 a spike of small white flowers. 



* Stem scape-UJce, hracted: Up spurless: column manifest: anther round, bcalless, 

 radical leaves clustered. 



1. G. pubescens, R. Brown. Scape pubescent ; radical leaves thick, ovate, 

 discolored and reticulated above, contracted into a spreading petiole ; spike lan- 

 ceolate, densely many-flowered, pubescent; bracts lanceolate ; sepals and petals 

 roundish ; lip sac-like, ending in a short, ovate point; stigma rounded. ; — Deep 

 shady woods, Florida, and northward. August. — Scape 1° high. Leaves 2' 

 long. Spike 2' -4' long. 



2. G. repens, R. Brown. Low ; scape slender, pubescent ; radical leaves 

 ovate or oblong-ovate, reticulated ; spike slender, loosely fow-flowered, 1-sided or 

 somewhat spiral ; bracts linear-lanceolate ; lip sac-like, ending in an oblong 

 point ; stigma 2-tootIied. — Sliady woods, on the mountains of North Carolina, 

 and northward. August. — Scape 5' — 8' high. Leaves 1 ' long. 



* * Stem leafy: Up spurred: column inconspicuous : anther ovate, beaked. 



3. G. quercicola, Lindl. Stem ascending ; leaves thin, ovate or oblong- 

 orate, acute, on slender petioles, which are dilated, membranaceous, and sheath- 

 ing at the base ; spike short, oblong, densely flowered ; bracts scarious, oblong- 

 ovate, mostly shorter than the flowers; sepals and petals oblong, obtuse; lip 

 concave, ending in a broadly-ovate acuminate and recurved point ; spur pouch- 

 like, shorter than the ovary ; stigma 2-lobed. — Low shady woods, Florida, and 

 westward. August. — Plant tender, 6'- 12' high. Leaves and spike 1' long. 



17. LISTERA, R. Brown. 



Sepals and petals alike, spreading or reflexed. Lip longer than the sepals, 

 2-cleft Column short. Stigma with a rounded beak. Anther ovate, attached 

 to the dorsal summit of the column. Pollen-masses 2, powdery. — Stems low, 

 from clustered fibres, bearing two opposite sessile leaves, and a loose raceme of 

 small greenish flowers. 



1. L. australis, Lindl. Leaves ovate or oblong-ovate, closely sessile; 

 raceme smoothish, few - several-flowered ; bracts minute; lip linear, 3-4 times 

 as long as the sepals, deeply 2-cleft, tiie divisions filiform ; column very short. — 

 Wet shady woods, Florida, and northward. July. — Stem 4' - 8' high. Leaves 

 i'-l'long. 



2. L. COnvallarioideS, Hook. Leaves broadly cordate or roundish; 

 raceme pubescent, few-flowered j bracts half as long as the pedicels ; lip oblong- 

 obovate, 2-Iobed at the apex, and 2-toothed at the base, twice as long as the se- 



