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3. E. COChleatum, L. Stem tuber-like, ovate-lauceolate, 2-edged, scaly, 

 2 leaved ; leaA'es oblong-lanceolate, acute, as long as the few-flowered scape ; 

 flowers racemose, sliort-l)racted ; sepals aud petals greenish, l)roadly linear, 



■ recurved; lip much shorter, purple, entire, cordate-roundish, cochleate, acute, 

 2-callous at the base. — South Florida (Garber). — Stem 1° high. Leaves 1' 

 wide. Flowers I'-H'loug. 



4. E. umbellatum, Swai-tz. Stem leafy; leaves oblong, obtuse (2' -3' 

 long) ; flowers umbellate, greenish ; bracts ovate ; sepals oblong ; petals lin- 

 ear; lip reniform-roundish, obscurely 3-lobed, veiny, 2-callous at the base; 

 colunm denticulate. — Miami, South Florida {Garber). — Stem 6'- 12' high. 

 Flowers 6" -8" long. 



5. E. nocturnum, L. Stems leafy ; leaves oblong or oval, obtuse ; 

 flowers 1-2, terminal, white or yellowish, long-peduncled ; petals large, lin- 

 ear, acuminate; lip 3-cleft, the lateral lobes ovate-oblong, the middle lobe 

 longer, linear-setaceous. — With the preceding. — Stem 1°- 2° high. Leaves 

 2' -5' long. Flowers l^'-2^' long. 



6. TIP UL ARIA, Nutt. 



Sepals and petals oblong, spreading. Lip long-spurred, 3-lobed the lateral 

 lobes short and triangular, the middle lobe linear. Spur filiform, ascending. 

 Column slender, wingless. Anther lid-like. Pollen masses 4, stalked, waxy. 

 — Root tuberous, proliferous, first producing a single ovate leaf, on a sheathed 

 petiole, afterward a slender sheathed scape, ending in a long raceme of nu- 

 merous greenish flowers. 



1. T. discolor, Nutt. — Shady banks, chiefly in the upper districts. 

 August. — Scape about 1° high. Leaf l'-2' long, acute, somewhat plaited 

 and many-nerved, purple beneath. Flowers small, nodding, bractless. Spur 

 about 1' long. 



7. BLETIA, Ruiz & Pavon. 



Sepals and petals alike and nearly equal, spreading. Lip spurless, jointed, 

 3-lobed, crested on the face. Column free, elongated, semi-terete. Anther 

 lid-like, fleshy. Pollen masses 8, by pairs, with a stalk to each pair, waxy, 

 becoming powdery. — Scape from tuberous rootstocks, sheathed or scaly, 

 many-flowered. Leaves narrow, plaited. Flowers spicate or racemose, mostly 

 showy. 



1. B. verecunda, Swartz. Scape lateral, sheathed, many-flowered; 

 leaves mostly 3, lanceolate ; flowers dark green, 1' wide ; sepals lanceolate, 

 acute, longer than the obtuse petals ; lip saccate at the base, dark brown 

 within, the lateral lobes short and rounded, the middle one wavy-creuulate, 

 purplish, crested ; column stout, half as long as the sepals ; anther appeudaged 

 on the back; capsules pendulous. — Low pine barrens. South Florida. Oct. 

 — Scape 2° high. Leaves 12' -18' long. 



8. HEXALECTRIS, Raf. 



Sepals and petals nearly equal. Lip not saccate, 3-lobed, 5-6-crested. 

 Pollen masses 8. — Scape leafless, sheathed Flowers large, in a terminal 

 epike, purplish. 



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