502 CYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 



ridges; shorter than the petals, with no vestige of a spur at base, lateral seg- 

 ments erect, veined. Column shorter than the lip, incurved, spraewha cla- 

 vate; operculum emarginate, vertical, yellow, with the summit of the lob^ 

 purple. PolKnia two? yellow, deciduous, each with a fissure through which 

 the farinaceous pollen is discharged. Capmle clavate, somewhat trigonous 

 This plant has always been considered by our southern botanists as the 

 A. Spicata of Walter. It grows in rich soils near the margins of swamps. 

 St. John's, Dr. Macbridej Louisville, Georgia, Mr. Jacksonj Florida, Ur. 



Baldwin. 



August — September, 





TIPULARIA. Nuttall. 



J 



Petala spathulata, j Petals spathulate 

 patentia. Za5e//wm expanding. Lip en 



inteerum, sessile, basi tire, sessile, with a spur 



9 



subtus calcaratum. Co- underneath at ,base 

 lumna aptera, libera. I Column without wings, 

 Anthera operculata, } free. Anther opercu- 

 persistens. Pollinia late, persistent. Pol- 

 4, parallela. 1 linia 4, parallel. 



1. Discolor. 



Nutt. 2. p. 195* 



Orchis Discolor, Purshj 2. p. 586. 



Flowers in a 

 terminal ^^'-~ t>„--.:„_ ^ c .. ^f tliP nerianth 



Bulbs concatenated- Leaf 



Bracteas 0. Segments of the penanm 

 five, oblong, expanding. Lip entire, very short and concave, crenula e, 

 spur filiform, nearly twice the length of the germ. Column porrected, ma^ 

 gined at the aides. Anther operculate, persistent; operculum articulate 

 behind, furnished with two auxiliary valves closing internally upon the o 



lent. NuttalU 



parallel 



barrens. New-Jersey to Carolma, Pursh. Collected m 



the upper districts of Carolina by Dr. Macbride 

 Flowers August 



MALAXIS. Swartz. 

 Petala 5, patentia, I Petals 5, expand 



resupinata. Labellum I ing, resupine. L'^P 



