GYNANDRIA DIANDRIA. 



509 



Grows in rocky soils on fertile hills in the upper districts of Carolina and 

 Georgia. 



Flowei'S in May. 



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3. Spectabile. 



Salisbury. 



C. caule folioso; lo- I Stem leafy; lobe of 

 bo styli elliptico-corda- the style elliptic-cor- 

 to, obtuso; petalis ex- date, obtuse; exterior 



lato-ovali- petals broad, oval, ob 



terioribus 



bus obtusis; labello pe- i tuse; labellura longer 



tabs 

 fisso. 



longiore, 



antice ] than the petals, split in 



the front. 



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



. .Walt , 

 C. Canadenscj Mich. 2. p. l6l. 



_ Root perennial. Stem twelve to fourteen inches high, hirsute. Leaves 

 six to seven, oval-lanceolate, entire, nerved, pubescent, sheathing at base. 

 Flowers two to three, large. Segments of the perianth white, oval, the two 

 interior narrower, linear-lanceolate. Lobe of the style white, with red spots. 



Lahellum pale rose colour, with deeper streaks, internally bearded near the 

 base. 



Grows in meadows among the mountains. , 

 Flowers May — June. 



4. HuMiLE. SaUsbury. 



scapo aphyllo 



C. 



. Scape leafless, one- 

 unifloro; foliis radical- I flowered; leaves of the 

 ibus geminis, oblongis, root two, oblong, ob- 

 obtusis; lobo styli sub- tuse; lobe of the style 

 J'otundo - rhomboideo, nearly round, rhomboi- 

 acuminato, deflexo; la- dal, acuminate, deflect- 

 oello petalis lanceolatis ed; Jabellum longer 

 wngiore, antice fisso. than the lanceolate pe- 



I tals, split in front. 



%• pl. 4. p. 144. Pursh, 2. p. 595. Nutt. 2,. p. 199- 



^« Acaule, Mich. 2. p. 199. 



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