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sepals and petals equal ; lip oblong or elliptical, entire, wavy on the margins, 

 recurved at the apex. — Open grassy swamps in the pine barrens, West 

 Florida. Oct. - Nov. — Root of 3 fleshy fibres. Stem l'^ high. Flowers 10- 

 20, 3" -4" long, white. 



5. S. odorata, Nutt. Stem stout, leafy ; lower leaves from linear to 

 obiong-lauceolate, acute, the others diminishing upward and passing into the 

 large lanceolate acuminate bracts ; spike thick, pubescent, densely flowered, 

 spiral ; bracts much longer than the ovary, the lower ones as long as the 

 recurved flowers : sei)als and petals equal ; lip entire, recurved, oblong, 

 dilated and crenulate at the apex. — Muddy banks of rivers. Oct. — Stem 

 l°-2° high. Lowest leaves 9'- 15' long. Flowers yellowish white, i' long, 

 fragrant. 



6. S. prsecOX, Wats. Stem tall and slender, pubescent above ; lowest 

 leaves linear, the upper small and bract-like ; spike slender, pubescent, spiral ; 

 bracts ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, longer than the ovary ; lip oblong, entire, 

 recurved and crenulate at the apex, scarcely longer than the petals. — Low 

 or marshy pine barrens, Florida to North Carolina. May. — Stem 1°- 2° high. 

 Leaves 6' - 1 0' long. Flowers 3" long, white. 



7. S. gracilis, Bigelow. Stem very slender, smooth throughout, scape- 

 like ; lowest leaves (early withering) lanceolate or elliptical, spreading ; spike 

 very slender ; flowers small, on one side of the rachis or sparingly spiral, 

 smooth ; bracts ovate-lanceolate, clasping, shorter than the capsule ; lip 

 finely crenulate on the margins, recurved and acute at the apex; anthers 

 4-cleft. — Low ground. April - May. — Stem sheathed, 6'- 12' high. Lowest 

 leaves l'-2' long. Flowers 1" long. 



21. GOODYERA, R. Br. Rattlesnake Plantain. 



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

 the sessile lip, the upper one conniveut with the petals. Lip concave or sac- 

 like, contracted above the middle into a recurved and channelled point. An- 

 ther attached to the dorsal apex of the short and free column. Pollen masses 

 2, entire, powdery. — Stems scape-like, from a slender creeping rootstock, 

 bearing a spike of small white flowers. 



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

 ovate, discolored and reticulated above, contracted into a spreading petiole ; 

 spike lanceolate, densely many-flowered, pubescent; bracts lauceolate; 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. Br. Low; scape slender, pubescent; radical leaves 

 ovate or oblong-ovate, reticulated; spike slender, loosely few-flowereil, 1-sided 

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

 point ; stigma 2-toothed. — Shady woods, on the mountains of North Carolina, 

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



