ORCHIS FAMILY 



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1. p. unalaschensis. 



8. PIPERIA Rydb. Wood Orchid. 



Spur slightly exceeding the lip. 



Spur 2-3 times as long as the lip, filiform. 



Lip linear to lanceolate, about 6 mm. long; spike dense; spur 15-18 mm. long. 



2. P. muliiflora. 



Lip ovate or ovate-lanceolate; spike looser; spur 10-12 mm. long. 3. P. elegans. 



9. SERAPIAS L. Helleborine. 



10. EBUROPHYTON HeUer. 



1. S. gigantca. 

 1. E. Auslinae. 



11. IBIDIUM Salisb. Ladies' Tresses. 



Callosities at the base of the Up obsolete; lower sepals coherent with the petals and upper 



sepals. 1. G. strictum. 



Callosities nipple-shaped, directed downwards; lower sepals free. 2. G. porrifolium. 



12. OPHRYS (Tourn.) L. Tway-blade, Twifole. 



Lip broad, slightly 2-cleft at the apex, with or without a mucro in the sinus. 

 Lip with distinct rounded auricles, slightly cleft at the ape.x; no mucro. 



1. O. borealis. 



Lip with no auricles , but in their place two divergent small teeth at the base ; mucro 

 present. 

 Lip imguiculate; lateral teeth small, without a papilla at the base. 



2. O. conrallarioides. 

 Lip not unguiculate; lateral teeth prominent, with a papilla at the base. 



3. O. caurina. 



Lip narrow, 2-cleft for about half its length uito linear-lanceolate lobes, without a mucro, 

 with narrow teeth at the base. 4. O. nephrophylla. 



13. PERAMIUM Salisb. Rattlesnake Plantain. 



Lip evidently saccate, with recurved margins. 

 Lip scarcely saccate, with incurved margins. 



14. MALAXIS Soland. Adder's Mouth. 



Lip ovate, acuminate. 



Lip broadly obcordate, with a tooth in the sinus 



15. LIPARIS L. C. Rich. Twayblade. 



16. CYTHEREA Salisb. Calypso, Venus' Slipper. 

 Beard of the lip yellow. 

 Beard of the Up white. 



17. APLECTRUM Nutt. Adam and Eve, Putty-root. 



18. CORALLORRHIZA R. Br. Coral-root. 

 Spur small, adnata to the ovary. 



Lip entire, ovate, sinuate; whole plant yeUow. 



Lip with 2 lobes or teeth below the middle; plant browmsh, rarely yeUowish. 

 Column about half as long as the petals ; sepals erect. 



Lip unspotted; teeth or lobes small; spur very small. 2. C Corallorrhiza. 



Lip spotted; lobes prominent; spur manifest. 3. C. multiflora. 



Column almost equalling the petals; sepals refle.xed. 4. C Mertensiana. 

 Spur lacking. 



Petals and sepals 12-14 mm. long, elUptic. 5. C. striata. 



Petals and sepals 7-8 mm. long, oblong. 6. C. Vreelandii. 



