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ORCHIDACEjE. (orchis family.) 
TZ y ',u°'^: ) , J ^ U,ered; ° mry and P° d Mon S -• lip wedge-oval 3- 
lobed, the middle lobe recurved, thrice the length of the lateral ones • 
spur a manifest protuberance. — Woods, about the roots of trees com-' 
mon. ug. Sept. Plant brownish or purplish, 10'- 18' high" with 
rather arge brownish-yellow flowers : lipwhi.ish, spotted wUh’crim 
son , the lamellae long and flexuous. Pods f' long. 
* Conrad - (Smaller Coral-root.) Ra- 
(3 " 2 ') /o “’f ed; ovar y elongated; Up oblong ,a little notch- 
round t ®pe*iminutely 2-toothed near the base; the lamella, thin, 
south d T ape v r UhS0 ' tU - ~ Woods - near P('i‘adelpl.ia, and 
a! in No! 1. U “ e ’ JU y ‘ ~ A Si>an high; the flowers near) y large 
n - Zr ^’ RBrown - (Early Coral-root.) Raceme fete- 
( U-) flowered ; ovary and pod oblong or club-shaped; lip oblone 2- 
toothed near the base; the lamella? straight; spur obsolete. (C. v6rna 
J\utt.) — Swamps and wet woods, chiefly northward. May, June. —’ 
ape slender, 5'-8'high, yellowish-green: the small flowers dingy 
yellowish; lip white, seldom spotted. — Said to be identical with the 
European species. 
4. C. odontorhiza, Nutt. (Small Late Coral-root.) Ra¬ 
ceme several- (9-15-) Jlowered ; ovary and pod globular or roundish- 
oval; Up roundish, entire, thin, with a crisped or wavy margin, the 
lamellae inconspicuous; spur none. — Rich woods, about the roots of 
trees, not rare. Aug., Sept. — Scape like the last, but stouter; the 
purplish flowers about the same size : lip whitish, spotted with pur¬ 
ple, with 2 oval protuberances on the palate. 
4. APLECTRUM, Nutt. Putty-root. AdamandEve. 
Sepals and petals much as in the last. Lip with a short claw, 
free, 3-lobed, the palate 3-ridged; no trace of a spur. Anther 
slightly below the apex of the cylindrical straightish column : pol¬ 
len-masses 4. — Scape and raceme as in Corallorhiza, invested 
below with 3 greenish sheaths, springing in May from the side of 
a thick globular solid bulb or corm (filled with exceedingly gluti¬ 
nous matter), which also produces from its apex, late in the pre¬ 
ceding summer, a large, oval, many-nerved and plaited, petioled, 
green leaf, lasting through the winter. (Name composed of a 
privative and nXyicrpov, a spur, from the total want of the latter.) 
1 A. hyemale, Nutt. — Woods, in rich mould, rare. — Solid 
u bs often V in diameter, one produced annually on a slender stalk, 
a ong with fibrous roots, generally lasting until the third year before 
»t s nvels, so that 2-^3 or more are found, horizontally connected. 
