498 



GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA, 



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lum unguiculatum, cu- | guiculate 



i 



CU cull ate. 



cullatum. 



Columna 



Column spalhulate 



> 



spathulata, complana 



ta, aptera. 

 rinaceum. 



flat, 



without 



wings 



Pollen fa- Pollen farinaceous. 



* 1. Peindula. 



T. radice tuberosa; 

 caule folioso, summi- 



Root tuberous: stem 



leafy, 



few 



flowered, 



tate paucifloro (2 



4;) 



near the sum 



foliis ovatis, amplexi- f mit; leaves ovate, am- 

 caulibus, floribus pe- [ plexicaule; flowers al- 

 dunculatis, alternis; la- | ternate, on peduncles; 



bello inteero. 



lip entire. 



_t- 



Nutt. 2. p. 193. 

 . Arethusa Pendula, Sp. pL 4. p. 82. Pursh, 2. p. 590. 

 Arethusa Parviflora, Mich. 2. p. 



Root tuberous, oblong. Stem about twelve inches high, terete, slightly 

 angled by the decurrent leaves, camose, the summit when young gena'ally 

 nodding. Leaves short, alternate, nerved, somewhat amplexicaule, with 

 the margins slightly decurrent. Flowers two to four, axillary, erect when 

 expanded, before and after expansion nodding. Peduncles five to six nn^s 

 long. Segments of the perianth five, lanceolate, acute, white tinged with 

 green and pale purple, the two interior connivent. Ldbellum scarcely lon- 

 ger than the petals, unguiculate, slightly three-lobed, the lateral lobes 

 inflected, the middle cu^cular with the margin crenulate? Column rather 

 shorter than the lip, flat. Anther one celled, purple. ^{Pollen farinaceous, 

 the masses separated superficially by two internal lamellae. Nutt.) 



Grows in rich damp soils. 



Flowers July — August. 



CALOPOGON. Brown. 



Petala 5, distincta. 



Petals 5 



9 



distinct. 



Lahellum resupinatuml 1 Lip resupine? unguicu 

 unguiculatum, crista- [ late, crested. Column 



turn. 



Pollen angulatum. 



Columna libera, free. Pollen angled. 



