4S0 OKI iiinAcK.i:. ((ii:< iiis i amii,v.) 



the tlim.'it, wh'iU' s]n)tt('il witli ])iir|)k'; tlie margins trcnulatc below the niid- 

 illo aixi involute aliove; capsule <>\al, muliliiif^. — Shady wouils. Feb. - 

 Manh. — Siciii 8' - 1 (>' iiigli. J.ip 4" iDiig. 



.">. C. micrantha, Ciiapni. Hodt toullied ; .stem Iijw, rigid ; Hlieaths 2, 

 abrniith poiiiled ; liueiiie (1- 12-rtowereil ; llowers very small (1"- 1^" hjiig), 

 ereet ; se|)als and |)etals nearly ecpial, lanceolate, erect ; lij) short-clawed, en- 

 tire, (leuticiilate on the mar;;ins, witliout teeth or ridges, shorter tiian the 

 .se]):ils, white spotted witli jmrple ; capsule obovate, nodding. — Sliady woods, 

 Floriila and (Jeorgia. August - .Sept. — Stem 3' - 6' higii. 



4. APLECTRUM, Nutt. I'ittv-koot. 



Se]ials and petals alike, lincnr-ohlong, erect. I.ip spurle.ss, short-clawed, 

 3-lobed and .'J ridged at the throat, ("olunin slraightish, cylindrical. Anther 

 lid-like, slightly lateral. I'olleu masses 4. — Hoot tulierous, proliferous, very 

 glutinous within, lirst bearing a single large plaited ])etioled leaf, wliich is 

 jjersistent thrfiugh tlie winter, and afterward a S-.sheathed scape, witli a raceme 

 of yellowisli flowers at the sunnnit. 



1. A. hiemale, Nutt. — Rich woods, diiefly in the u])per districts. April- 

 May. — Leaf oval, niany-uerved, 4'-6' long. Scape 12'- 15' high, 10-15- 

 Howered. Sepals and petals tipped with browuish purple. Lip whitish, 

 spotted, the middle lobe rounded and creuulate on the margins. Capsule 

 reflexed. 



5. EPIDENDRUM, L. Tree Orchis. 



Sepals and petals nearly equal and alike, widely spreading. Lip with the 

 claw wholly or partly aduate to the elongated margined or winged column, 

 entire or parted, mostly rigid or tuberded on tlie face. Spur none, or ad- 

 nate to the ovary. Column prolonged at the apex into a toothed or fimliriate 

 cup. Anther lid-like, somewhat 4-celIed. Pollen masses 4, lenticular, stalked. 

 — Stemless herbs, from a tulierous or creeping rhizoma, clinging to the bark 

 of trees by thick matted roots. Leaves sheathing, rigid, perennial. Scape 

 sheathed or bracted, bearing a raceme of greenish and purplish flowers. 



1. E. conopseum, Ait. Scape few - many-flowered ; leaves I -3, cori- 

 aceous, lanceolate, acute, spreading; bracts subulate, the lowest somewhat 

 leafy ; sepals spatulate, ohtu.se, with revolute margins ; petals linear-spatulate, 

 obtuse; lip 2-tubercled at the base, 3-lobed, the lateral lobes rounded and 

 crenulate, the middle one notched at the apex, the claw wholly adnate to the 

 slightly margined column. — On various trees, but chiefly on Magnolias, Flor- 

 ida to South Carolina. August. — Scape 2'- 8' high. Leaves r-3' long. 

 I^lowers 4'' -5" long, green tinged with purple. 



2. E. Tampense, Lindl. Scape tumid at the base, 5-7-flowered; 

 leaves 2, linear-lanceolate, abruptly pointed ; bracts short, ovate ; se])als and 

 petals spatulate-lanceolate, acute; lip 3-parted, 2-crested in the middle; the 

 lateral lobes oblong, acute ; the middle one wedge-shaped, notched at the apex, 

 the claw partly adnate to the 2-winged column. — South Florida — Scape 1° 

 high, invested with numerous short whitish sheaths. Leaves 4' -5' long. 

 Flowers 8" long. 



