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GYNANDRIA DIANDRIA. 



acuto; petalis exterior- 



ibus 



ovato 



oblongis 

 interiori- 



acute, exterior petals 

 ovate oblong, acumi- 

 nate, the interior line- 



ar 



twisted 



labellum 



shorter than the petals 

 compressed. 



3 



acuminatis, 



bus hnearibus contor- 

 tisf labello petaUs bre- 

 yiore, compresso. 



Sp. pi. 4. p. 143. ' Pursh, 2. p. 594. Nutt. 2. p. 199. 



Root perennial, composed of thick fleshy fibres. Ste7a eight to ten inches 

 high, a little pubescent. Leaves five to six, alternate, lanceolate, acute, 

 nerved, somewhat pubescent underneath, sessile, sheathing at base. Flow- 

 ers generally solitary. Exterior segments of the perianth three, ovate lan- 

 ceohte, expanding, two interior narrower, longer, tortuous, bearded on the 

 inner surface near the base, all of an obscure green colour with brown hnes 

 externally pubescent. Lobe of the style triangular, somewhat sagittate, 

 Labellum yellow, with obscure spots, shorter than the petals, smooth on the 

 outsides, bearded within at base. . 



Grows in the upper and mountainous districts of Carolina and Georgia. 



Flowers May — June. Pursh. 



2. PUBESCENS. Willd. 



caule fol 



lo. 



bo styli triangulari-ob 



long 



obtiiso 



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petahs 



ibus ovato-ob 



longis, acumi 



m- 



teriorib 



li 



ngissimis 

 contortis. 



labello petalis brevior 



com 



/ 



Stem leafy; lobe 



the 



tyle 



triang 



J 



exte 



ublong, obtuse; 



rior petals ovate ob- 



^ - the 



g 



acuminate 



J 



interior very long, Ime- 



: labellum 



ar 



twisted 



shorter than the petals 

 compressed. 



3 



Sp. pL 4. p. 143. Pursh, 2. p. 594. Nutt, 2. p. 199- 

 C. Calceolus, Mich. 2. p. l6l. Walt. p. 222. 



Petals green, dotted with red, Labellum yellow, contracted at^t e 

 niQiith. ,From the preceding which it resembles very much, it differs y^^ 

 flower twice as large and by the 'different figure of the lobe, ^^^^^^^x 

 two flowered. All of the American species have their leaves pubesc , 



but the hairs in this are more evident. Willd. , ^^j 



The leaves^ too, in my specimens are larger, more distinctly nerve , 



the narrow segments of the perianth longerj but the plant not as p« 



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