GYNANDRIA MOJMANDRIA 



1 



501 



latum, interdum basi I sometimes with 



calcaratum. Columna 



b 



Jib 



Column fi 



spur 



era. Pollinia 4 vel Pollen masses 4 



8, biloba. 



8 



two-lobed 



1. Vereciinda. 



B. foliis radicalibus, I Leaves radical, broad, 

 lato-Ianceolatis, plica- lanceolate, plicate, ner- 

 to-nervosis; scapo mul- I vedj scape many flow 

 tifloro; petalis interio- ered; interior petals 



ribus 



conniventibus 



labello ventricoso, la 



? 



connivent 



? 



ventri- 



{ 



cose, the border emar 



mma emarginata, ens- ginate, curled, furrow- 

 pa, sulcata. Swartz. | ed. 



Nutt. 2. p. 194. 



Cymbidium Verecundum, Sp. pi. 4. p. 105. Pursh, 2. p. 592. 

 Limodorum Trifidum, Mich. 2. p. 159. 



With this species I am unacquainted. Pursh mentions, I suspect inaccu- 

 rately, that it grows in Carolina. Mr. Nultall considers it as an inhabitant 

 of Florida. Michaux, who cultivated it near Charleston where it flowered 

 in the autumn, received it from the Bahama Islands. 



4 



2. Aphylla. NuttalL 



B. 



tereti 



9 



aphylla; 

 squamoso 



scapo 



Leafless 



? 



su 



squa- 



I 



I 



rete. 



; scape te 



scaly, tapering 

 near the summit: scales 



ovate, alternate 

 without a spur. 



J 



perne attenuato; 



mis ovatis, alternis, 



labello ecalcarato. Nut. 



Nutt. 2. p. 194. 



Arethusa Spicata, Walt. p. 222. 



J^oot tuberous, articulate. Stem one to two feet high, erect, simple. 



eaves merely coloured scales, the lower sheathing, the upper sessile. 



opjfces many flowered, flowers pendulous. Petals five, distinct at base, 



fomewhat connivent, oblong lanceolate, the exterior a little longer than the 



nienor,^brown streaked with purple. Lip dilated at the summit, eniargin- 



'^j Slightly undidate, crested along the centre with six brightly coloured 



