504 ORCHIDACE^. (orchis FAMILY.) 



§ 2. Lip barely saccate below, tapering and its sides involute above ; anther ovate^ 

 long-pointed, borne on the base of the very short column, which is continued 

 above the stigma into a conspicuous tapering awl-shaped gland-bearing beak. 



3. G. Menzidsii, Lindl. Leaves ovate-oblong, acute (2-3' long), less 

 white-reticulated than the preceding, some not at all so ; scape 9-12' high ; 

 flowers rather numerous in a looser often 1-sided spike ; flower-buds less pu- 

 bescent, elongated-ovate and pointed ; lip with the saccate-conduplicate lower 

 portion gradually tapering into the narrow barely spreading summit. — Woods, 

 Gaspe and Tadousac, L. Can. {J. A. Allen, Goodale) ; Crawford, N, H. {Miss 

 Minns) ; western N. Y. to Minn., and westward. July. 



11. EPIPACTIS, HaUer. 



Sepals and petals nearly equal, spreading. Lip free, deeply concave at base, 

 narrowly constricted and somewhat jointed in the middle, the upper portion 

 dilated and petaloid. Column short, erect. Anther sessile behind the broad 

 truncate stigma, on a slender-jointed base ; pollen-masses coarsely granular, 

 becoming attached to the gland capping the small rounded beak of the stigma. 

 — Stem leafy, with racemed flowers, conspicuous bracts, and ovaries reflexed 

 at maturity. (The ancient Greek name of a plant.) 



1. E. Helleborine, Crantz. Stems l - 2° high ; leaves broadly ovate (2 - 

 3' long), pointed, plicate, the upper narrower; raceme pubescent, 30-50-flow- 

 ered, 1 -sided ; flowers varying from light greenish-yellow to dark purple ; sepals 

 ovate-lanceolate, 3 - 4" long ; petals rather smaller ; lip ovate, pointed above, 

 with a dark centre. (E. latifolia, ^4//.) — Near Syracuse and Buffalo, N. Y.; 

 the only known stations. (Eu.) 



12. ARE THUS A, Gronov. 



Flower ringent ; the lanceolate sepals and petals nearly alike, united at base, 

 ascending and arching over the column. Lip dilated and recurved-spreading 

 tOAvard the summit ; very slightly gibbous at base. Column adherent to the 

 lip below, petal-like, dilated at the apex. Anther lid-like, terminal, of 2 ap- 

 proximate cells ; pollen-masses powdery -granular, 2 in each cell. — Beautiful 

 low herbs, consisting of a sheathed scape from a globular solid bulb, termi- 

 nated usually by a single large rose-purple flower. Leaf solitary, linear, nerved 

 hidden in the sheaths of the scape, protruding after flowering. (Dedicated to 

 the nymph Arethusa.) 



1. A. bulbosa, L. Flower single (rarely 2), erect (1 -2' long), with an 

 entire lip recurved at the apex and bearded-crested down the face. — Bogs, 

 Newf. to the mountains of N. C, west to Ind. and Minn. 



13. CALOPOGON, R.Br. 



Flower with the ovary or stalk not twisting, therefore presenting its lip on 

 the upper or inner side. Sepals and petals nearly alike, lance-ovate, spreading, 

 distinct. Lip spreading, distant from the column, raised on a narrowed base or 

 stalk, dilated at the summit, strongly bearded along the upper side. Column 

 free, slender, winged at the apex. Anther terminal and lid4ike, sessile ; pollen- 

 masses 4 (two in each cell), of soft powdery grains, lightly connected by deli- 



