600 



GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA 



ARETHUSA. Lin. 



Petala 5, basi con- 



Petals 5, connate at 



nata. Labellum basi base. Lip cucullate at 

 column^e adnatum, su- the summit, attached 

 perne cucullatum, cris- at base to the column, 

 tatum. Pollen angu- crested. Pollen an- 

 latum. Igled. 



1. BULBOSA. 



A. aphylla; 



-^ 



radice I Leafless; root glo 



lobosa; scapo vagina 



to, unifloro; corolla la 



bose 

 one- 



5 



scape sheathed, 



flowerod 



5. 



corolla 



ciniis superioribus in- with the upper 



ses- 



curvatis; labello sub- ments mcui 



? 



ved 



5 



crenulato. 



slightly crenulate 



Spl. pi. 4. p. 80. Mich. 2. p. l60. 



Pursh, 2. p. 5^0. Nutt. 2. p. 194. 



Stem about twelve inches high, the lower part clothed with sheaths, 

 (three to four) which have no expanded blade. Flower solitary, terminal, 

 fragrant,i_ Segments of the perianth nearly equal, purple, the upper in- 

 curved, somewhat connivent. Labellum not longer than the petals, i 

 inflected margin crenulate, crested internally. Column shorter than the lijp. 



Grows in the mountains of Carolina, Mich. I have never seen it m tne 



low country. 



Flowers in Jime, Pursh. 



tttt Anthera tei^mi- I fttt Anther term- 

 nalis, mohilis, decidua, I nal^ moveable, decidU' 

 Pollinia demum cerea' \ ous. Pollen JinaUy 



cea 



cerea ceous 



BLETIA. Ruiz and Pavon. 



Petala 



distincta. 



Petals 



Labellum sessile, cucul- 1 Lip sessile 



i 



distinct, 

 cucullate, 



