\ 



GYIfANDRIA MONANDKIA. 



485 



fh- TlfS' %*^odes (judging from specimens sent me by Muhlenbere) 

 this plant differs essentially. It is distinguished by a more scattered spike 

 and by every portion of the flower, germ, segments, and labellum, longer' 

 and proportionally narrower. « ;- o j , luugci 



FWer!-^' "^^"^^ '^''^"*'*' ""^ ^^'■''^'"'' ^*- Stephen's, Dr. Macbride. 



5. Flava? 



Lin. 



^ 



O. 



dent at 



labello 



ova to, 



I 



o 



crenatoque; 

 cornu attenuato germi- 

 nis longitudine; spica 

 conferta; bracteis lon- 

 gitudine florum. 



Lip ovate, toothed 

 and crenate; horn ta- 

 pering as long as the 



germ 



spike 



ded 



bracteas as long as the 



fl 



Sp. pi. 4. p. 33. _ Pursh, 2. p. 586. Nutt. 2. p. 188. 



Stem about two feet high. Leaves narrow lanceolate, sheathing, the 

 upp.r one small. Flowers in a short crowded spike, yellow. BracteaJ 

 leaves sometimes not onger than the germ. Exterior s^gmentTof the perf- 

 an h larger than the interior; labellum lanceolate, the sfdes toothed or ere 



riyt u:l rheTo'int.^^'-" ^"^"^^^^' ^^^"^ ^^-^ ^^^^ 1-^ 



th^!!}'-' f^^^/^^''^ of Nuttall; it appears however, to differ much from 

 he original O. Flava of Clayton, ("floribus in spica longa congestis; labb 

 .nfenore nectani tnfido; lacinia intermedia majore; cakare germine longi- 



Gron. Fl. Vir. p. 137. 



and upper districts of Carolina and 



* lowers m thp summer. 



6. NiVEA. 



Nutt. 



s 



O. labello lineari-ob 



Lip linear,* oblonff, 



Ion 



Patentibus,^ cornu fili- j ing; ho^n S[fo7m,Ton 



go, integro; petalls enUre; petals expand- 



formi 

 ore; 



lin'earibus 



5 germine longi- 

 foliis inferioribus 



ger 



lower 



than the 



germi 



leaves hnear, 



praelongis, very long, the upper 



^Perioribus subulatis. | subulate. 



^'"tt. 2. p. 1 



88 



