0RCHIDACEA2. (orchis FAMILY.) 469 
over the column. Lip turned downwards, coalescing with the 
base of the column, spurred at the base underneath. Anther-cells 
eonttguous and parallel. Pollen cohering in numerous small 
waxy masses, wh.ch are collected on a cobweb-like elastic tissue 
der°l wt T SCS I 0 "!• filli " g CaCh anther - ce11 ^ * )orne on a slen¬ 
der stalk, the base of which is attached to the 2 glands of the stig- 
nta wh ,c h lands are contained jn a common j. tt)e pouch Qr hoQd _ 
ed fold. Flowers showy, in a spike. ('O wr , the ancient name.) 
flA «K SpCC *f ,bi,IS ’ L ' (Showy Orchis.) Root of thick 
fleshy fibres, producing 2 oblong-obovate shining leaves and a few 
flowered 5-angled scape (4'-7' high); bracts leaf-like, lanceolate- 
wK the Jht Tel’ pink ' PUr P le - ,he ova 'o undivided lip 
with the obtuse spur (of the same length) white. -Hills in rich 
woods, rather common. May. - Leaves 3' - 5' long. 
8. filfflJIADENU, R. Brown. Naked-gland Orchis. 
Inver as in Orchis. Anther-cells parallel; the approximate 
glands naked (whence the name, from yvyWc, naked, and dSne 
gland ). 1 1 
1. «. trideutata, Lindl. Stem slender (6'-12' high), will, 
a Single oblong or oblanceolate obtuse leaf towards the baseband 2 or 
3 small ones like bracts above; spike 6- 12flowered, oblong; Up as 
long as the oblong-ovate sepals and petals, wedge-oblong, truncate and 
with 3 short teeth at the apex; the slender and slightly club-shaped 
spur curved upwards, longer than the ovary. — VVet woods, rather 
common July. —Root of few fleshy fibres. Flowers small, pale 
yellowish-green. * y 
2. G. Haul, Lindl. Stem several-leaved (15' high), the 1 or 2 
lower leaves elongated, oblong-lanceolate, acute; the others becom¬ 
ing smaHer and bract-like ; spike densely many-flowered, oblong-cylin- 
nca ; Up ovate , a little crenate or wavy-margined , about the length of 
the round-ovate sepals and petals, shorter than the awl-shaped de¬ 
pending spur.-Wet pine barrens of New Jersey, and southward. 
Uly. —Root of very fleshy fibres, one or two of them tuber-like 
* lowers orange-yellow, closely set. (Orchis flava and Integra, Nutt 
Habenaria Elliottii, Beck.) 
°* PIATAHTIIERA, Richard. False Orchis. 
Flower as in Orchis, &c. (lateral sepals spreading) ; but the 
anther-cells diverging at the base; the 2 naked glands widely sep- 
(vvhence the name, from jrXanur, wide, and avyp, for anther). 
§ 1. Scape 1-leaved at the base : spur not exceeding the lip. 
