GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 497 



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lobed towards the summit with the middle lobe extended^ crested along the 

 middle, crenulate on the margin. Column much shorter than the lip, cla- 

 vate, solid. Germ furrowed, one celled, three valv^d. ""^> 



Grows in damp soils around ponds in the pine barrens* 



Flowers May. 



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3. Verticillata. Muhl. 



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P. foliis (jumis o- I Leaves five, oval- 

 vali-lanceolatis, basi I lanceolate, cuneate at 

 cuneatis, verticillatis; l base, verticilJate; stem 

 caule unifloro; petalis [ one-flowered; the three 

 tribiis exterioribus Ion- I exterior petals very 

 gissimis, linearibus, in- long, linear, the interi- 

 terioribus lanceolatis, or lanceolate; lip 3- 

 labello trilobo, lacinia lobed, the middle seg- 

 media undulata. ( ment undulate. 



Nutt. 2. p. 192. ' 



Arethusa Verticillata, Sp. pi. 4. p. 81. Pursh, 2, p. 591. 



Root fasciculate, fibres simple and carnose. Stem about twelve inches 

 nigh, terete, slightly glaucous. Leaves five, verticillate (two, however, in- 

 ferior,) at the summit of the stem, oval-lanceolate, cuneate, nerved, acumi- 

 nate, a (ew scales sheathing the base of the stem. Flower sessile on a long 

 germ at the summit of the stem; three exterior petals linear, two to two and 

 a half inches long, of a greenish brown colour, interior petals paler, oblong, 

 obtuse, connivent, scarcely one third of the length of the exterior petals. 

 liobeUnm shorter than the interior petals, crested along the centre, winged, 

 Jfith the margins injected, the terminal lobe broad, pendent, undulate. C(>- 

 '«mn shorter than the labellum, subclavate. Anther operculate, two celled, 

 unguiculately articulated behind, and received into a margined depression at 

 the summit of the column. Nutt. 



Grows in oak lands, very rare in the low country. Silk Hope, Little 

 vgeechee-;-near Columbia, South-Carolina, and Milledgeville, Georgia, 

 more abundant — probably common in all of the upper districts. 



Flowers May. 



TRIPHORA. Nuttall. 



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Petala 5, distincta, [ Petals 5, distinct, 

 ®qualia, conniventia, equal, connivent, Avith- 

 eglandulosa. Label- \on% glands. Lij} im- 



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