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2. LIPABIS, Kichard. T\vATBL.\ni-. 



Sepals and petals nearly equal, linear, or the latter thread-like, spreading. 

 Lip flat, entire, often bearing 2 tubercles above the l)ase. Column elongated, 

 incurved, margined at tlie apex. Antlier lid-like, terminal ; ]wllen-masses 4, 

 in one row (2 to each cell), slightly united in pairs, without stalk, threads, or 

 gland. — Small, low herbs, with solid bulbs, producing 2 root-leaves and a low 

 sca])e, which bears a raceme of few purplisli or greenish flowers. (Name from 

 Anrapos, /at or shiniiifj, in allusion to the smooth or unctuous leaves.) 



1 L. liliifolia, Richard. Leaves ovate ; petals thread-like, reflexed ; /if 

 large ( ^ loug), icedge-ohovate , abrtiptlij short-pointed, brown-purplish. — Moist 

 woodlands, X. Eng, to Ga., west to Minn, and Mo. June. 



2. L. LCESelii, Richard. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate or oblong, keeled; lip 

 obovate or oblong {2" long), mucronate, ijellowish-green, shorter than the linear 

 unequal petals and sepals. — Bogs, N. Scotia to Md., S. 111., and Minn. (Eu.) 



3. CALYPSO, Salisb. 



Sepals and petals nearly similar, ascending, spreading, lanceolate, pointed. 

 Lip larger than the rest of the flower, sac-shaped, inflated (9" long), 2-pointed 

 underneath tlie apex. Column broadly winged and petal-like, ovate, bearing 

 the lid-like anther just below the apex ; pollen-masses waxy, 2, each 2-parted, 

 all sessile on a square gland. — A little bog-herb; the solid bulbs producing 

 a single ovate or slightly heart-shaped thin leaf, as in Aplectrum, and a short 

 (3-5' high) scape, sheathed below, bearing a large and showy (variegated 

 purple, pink, and yellow) flower. (Name from the goddess Cahjpso.) 



1. C. borealis, Salisb. — Cold bogs and wet woods, the bulbs resting in 

 moss, with a coralloid root beneath ; Maine and Vt. to Mich, and ^Nlinn., and 

 northward. May. — A very local and beautiful plant. Lip somewhat re- 

 sembling that of a Lady's Slipper, woolly-hairy inside. (Eu.) 



4. TIPULARIA, Nutt. Crane-fly Orchis. 



Sepals and petals spreading, oblong ; the latter rather narrower. Lip pro- 

 longed beneath into a thread-like ascending spur twice or thrice the length 

 of the flower (9-12'' long), 3-lobed ; the middle lobe linear, a little wavy, as 

 long as the petals, the side lobes short and triangular. Column narrow and 

 wingless. Anther lid-like, terminal; pollen-masses 2, waxy, each 2-parted, 

 connected by a linear stalk with the transverse small gland. — Herb with large 

 solid bulbs connected horizontally, on a distinct pedicel, producing in autumii 

 a single ovate nerved and plaited leaf on a slender petiole, purplish beneath, 

 and in summer a long slender scape, with 1 or 2 sheaths at base, bearing a 

 raceme of many small greenish flowers tinged with purple. (Xame from a 

 fancied resemblance of the flowers to insects of the genus Tipula.) 



1. T. discolor, Nutt. Scape 10-18' high; lip blunt at the tip. — Sandy 

 woods, Vt. to N. J. and Fla., west to Mich. ; very scarce. 



5. APLECTRUM, Nutt. Putty-root. Adam-and-Eve. 



Perianth neither gibbous nor with any trace of a spur or sac at the base. 

 Lip free^ the palate 3-ridged. Otherwise the flowers and scape (invested be 

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