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ORCHIDACEJE. (ORCHIS FAMILY.) 
pedicels not longer than the floicers ; lip triangular-halbert-shaped, 
long-pointed. (M. brachfpoda, Gray.) — Cold wet swamps, N. New 
England and New York, and northward. July. — (2' - 6' high.) 
2. ]?I. opltioglossoldes, Nutt. Leaf solitary near the mid¬ 
dle of the stem, ovate, clasping; raceme short and obtuse; pedicels 
much longer than the floicers; lip obtusely auricled at the base, 3- 
toothed at the summit. —Damp woods, rather rare. July. — (4' —10' 
high.) 
1IPARIS, Richard. Twayblade. 
Sepals and petals nearly equal, linear, or the latter thread-like, 
spreading. Lip flat, entire, often bearing 2 tubercles above the base. 
Column elongated, incurved, margined at the apex. Pollen-mass¬ 
es 4, collateral. — Small herbs, forming solid bulbs, producing 2 
root-leaves and a low scape, bearing a raceme of few purplish or 
greenish flowers. (Name from Xnraposjfat or shining , in allusion 
to the smooth or unctuous leaves.) 
L L. liliifolia, Richard. Leaves 2, ovate ; petals thread-like, 
reflexed, lip large y wedge-obovate , abruptly short-pointed , brown-pur- 
pish. (Mal&xis liliifolia, Swartz.) — Moist woodlands, commonest in 
the Middle States. June. — Flowers rather large. 
Richard. Leaves 2, elliptical-lanceolate or ob- 
long, sharply keeled ; lip obovate or oblong , mucronate at the incurv- 
yellowish-green , shorter than the linear unequal petals and sepals. 
( lalaxis Correctna, Barton.) —Bogs and wet meadows, New England 
to Wisconsin, rare. June. — Flowers small, erect. 
CORALLORHIZA, Haller. Coral-root. 
Flower ringent; the oblong or lanceolate sepals and petals 
nearly alike, the lateral ascending and the upper arching : lip re " 
curved-spreading above, 2-ridged below, adherent at the base to 
the straightish column, the base below usually more or less pro¬ 
duced into a protuberance or short spur coalescent with the sum¬ 
mit of the ovary. Anther 2-lipped, terminal: pollen-masses 4, 
obliquely incumbent. — Brownish or yellowish herbs, destitute of 
green foliage, with much-branched and toothed coral-like root¬ 
stocks (probably root-parasitical). Scape simple, furnished with 
sheaths m place of leaves, bearing small and dull-colored flowers 
m a spiked raceme. (Name composed of KopaXXiov, coral , and 
pt(a, root.) 
1 € * mtlltiflora, Nutt. (Large Coral-root.) Rocernt 
