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GYNANDRIA MONAND^IA 



Lower leaves narrow, a span long, the upper very small. Spike rather 

 dense, two to three inches long, bracteal leaves shorter than the germ. 

 Flowers white, lip longer than the interior segments of the perianth. Geni- 

 taliferous column comparatively small, the pollinia consequently nearly ses- 

 sile. Nutt. 



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Described by Mr. Nuttall from speci- 



mens collected by Dr. Baldwin. I have specimens which appear to agree 

 with this species in which the horn is generally twice as long as the germ. 



Flowers 



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7. Clavellata. Mich. 



O. labello ovato=, in 



tegerrimo; petalis con 

 niventibus; cornu cla 



Lip .ovate, entire 

 petals con ni vent; horn 

 clavate, as loi 



vato. 



longitudine 



g as the 

 ger- germ; stem one-leafed. 



minis; caule unifoUato. 



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Mich. 2* p. 155. Pursh, 2. p. 586. Nutt. 2. p. 189- 

 O. Tridentata^ Sp. pL 4. p. 41. 



Stem about twelve inches high^ glabrous, slender- Leares lanceolate, 

 nerved, sheathing, one large leaf near the base, and a few small ones towards 

 the spike; sometimes though rarely two large leaves are found upon the 

 stem. Flowers in a short, rather compact spike, small. Petals nearly 

 equal, ovate, obtuse. Labettum longer than the petals, slightly three-tooth- 

 ed at the summit. Horn longer than the germ, conspicuously thickened at 

 the end. (^Corolla white, Pursh.) 



Grows in the middle and upper districts of Georgia and Carolina. 



Flowers 



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8. VlRlDIS. 



O 



labello linear 



apice tridentato; peta- 

 lis conniventibus; cor- 



cor 

 obtuso, scrotiiform 

 bracteis flora sesqui 

 longioribus. 



Lip 



linear 



three 



toothed at the summit; 

 petals connivent; born 



5 



obtuse, 



scrotiform 



7 



bracteas longer than 

 the flower. 



Sp. pi. 4. p. 33. Pursh, 2. p. 587. Nutt. 2. p. 189- 



Not above three inches high. Flower small, greenish white. Pursh> 

 With this species I am unacquainted,. 



