GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 



495 



N, 



radice ^ 



I 



oblongo, apice dilatato, I small flowers; lip ob- 



obtuse bilobo; germine | long, dilated at the 



summit, obtusely two- 

 lobed; germ somewhat 

 globular; root fibrous. 



Nutt. 2. p. 191. 



Epipactis Convallarioides, Sp. pL 4. p. 88. Pursh, 2. p. 591* 



subgloboso, 

 brosa. 



Root fasciculate. 



high 



opposite sessile leaves. Leaves cordate-ovate, acute, nerved, glabrous. 

 Flowers sniall^ in a terminal raceme* Pedicels tJiree to four lines long, 

 |)racteal leaves very small. Petak five, somewhat reflected, greenish. La- 

 helium three or four times as long as the petals^ deeply two-cleft, the seg- 

 ments acute. Capsule oval. 



This plant from the acute segments of the labellura probably belongs to 

 the L, Cordata as described by Mr. Nuttall, but as all the plants sent me 

 from the north as the E. Convallarioides have this characteristic also, I 



two species. 



an opportunity of comparing 



Found near Savannah in damp soils by Dr. Baldwin. 

 Flowers in March. 



ttt Anther a termv 



ttt Anther terminal, 



nalis^Ansertay persis- inserted, persistent, 

 tens. Pollen angulatum [ Pollen angular or fa 

 t^l farinaceum. 



nnaceous. 



POGONIA. 



Juss. 



Petala 



distincta 



Petals 



glandulosa. Lahel- without glands. 



distinct. 



lum 



len far 



cucullatum 

 istatum. Pol 



Lip 



y 



9 



sessile, cu cull ate, inter- 

 nally crested. Pollen 



farinaceous. 



1. Ophioglossoides. 



P, 



radice 



Lin. 



fibrosa; 1 



Root fibrous; scape 



scapp dissite bifoliato, I remotely t-^vo-leaved 



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