Ordbr 138.— ORCHIDACE^E. 087 



purple, sheathed with a few bracts. Fls. larger than in the other species, 15 t© 

 20, erect, spreading, in a long raceme. Lip showy, 3 to 4" long, white, sprinkled 

 with purple spots. Spur yellowish, conspicuous, but short and adnato to th<> 

 ovary. JL 



2 C. odontorhisa Nutt. Lip undivided, oval, obtuse, crenulate, spotted; spur 

 none ; capsule oblong or subglobous. — A singular plant, with no leaves or green 

 herbage, inhabiting old woods, Can. to Car. and Ky. The root is a collection of 

 small, fleshy tubers, articulated and branched much like coral. Scape 9 — 14' high, 

 rather fleshy, striate, smooth, invested with a few long, purplish-brown sheaths. 

 Flowers 10 — 20, in a long spike, of a brownish-green. Lip white, generally with 

 purple spots. Capsules large, reflexed, strongly ribbed. JL, Aug. 



S C. innata R. Brown. Scape few-flowered ; Up oblong, angularly 2-ioothed towards 

 tJie bam, t-potless, deflexed above ; spur nono or obsolete ; caps, elliptic-obovoid, 

 reflexed. — Rich damp woods, N. States and Can., rare. Scape not bulbous at 

 base, 5 to 8' high. Fls. 5 to 10, dull purple, with a white lip. May, Jn. 



4 C. Macr&i Gray. Scape many-flowered ; fls. large, on very short pedicels ; lip 

 oval, obtuse, 3-nerved, entire above, obscurely a.uricled at base; spur none. — "Canada, 

 along the great Lakes." Also? Northern N. H. Plant 10 to 16' high. Sep. and 

 and pet. G" long. Caps, reflexed, oval, 6 ' long. — Our specimens from Nor. N. E. 

 are 18' high, 20-flowered, agreeing with Dr. Gray's description as far as we can 

 judge by the fruit. 



9. APLEC'TRUM, Nutt. Adam and Eve. Putty-root. (Gr. a, 

 TrXijKTpov, a spar ; the lip being without a spur.) Sepals and petals 

 distinct, nearly equal, converging ; lip unguiculate, 3-lobed, obtuse, 

 middle lobe crenulate, palate ridged ; spur none ; column free, anther a 

 little below the apex ; pollinia 4, oblique, lenticular ! — Scape and 

 raceme as in Corallorhiza, but arising from a globous corm after the 

 single, large, coriaceous, biennial leaf. 



.A- hyemale Nutt. A fine plant in woods, Can. to Fla., rare. Rather frequent 

 westward. The corms are near 1' thick, composed of strongly glutinous matter, 

 and connected by a thick fiber. A new corm is produced annually, in advance 

 of the old, which dries up the second or third year. Leaf elliptic or ovate, 3 to 5' 

 long, many-veined, twice longer than the petiole, arising late in the season from 

 the new corm, remaining through the winter, until the scape (12 to 18' high) 

 arises by its side. Sheaths brownish, 2 or 3. Perianth brownish, 6" long. 

 Caps, pendulous, 1' long. May. 



10. MICRCSTYLIS, Nutt. (Gr. fwcpog, little, crvXog, style ; alluding 

 to the slender column.) Sepals spreading, distinct; petals filiform or 

 linear, spreading; lip sessile, concave, spreading, hastate or bidentate at 

 base, not tuhercled; column minute, with 2 teeth or lobes at the sum- 

 mit; pollinia 4, loose, cohering by pairs in each cell. — Erect from tube- 

 rous bulbs, with 1 or 2 lvs. and small, racemed fls. 



1 M. ophioglossoides Nutt. Lf. solitary, ovate, amplexicaul; st. 5-angled; 

 rac. short, obtuse; pedicels much longer titan Vie flowers. — A small plant, in woods, 

 &c. Can. and N. States. Stem 5 — 9' high, with a single leaf a little below the 

 middle. The leaf is rather acute, smooth, ovate or oval, about 2' in length, 1 in 

 width. At the base of the stem is an abrupt sheath. Fls. whitish, minute, nu- 

 merous, in a terminal raceme an inch or more in length, dense at top, often 

 abortive. Pedicels about 4" long. Jn. (Malaxis, Mx.) 



2 M. monophyllus Lindl. Lf. solitary, ovate, sheathing at base; rac. elongated, 

 many-flowered, pedicels about as long as tlie flowers; bracts minute; sep. acute, 

 spreading ; lateral petals reflexed, linear ; lip triangular-hastate, cucuilate, acum- 

 inate with a recurved point. — In shady swamps. N. Y., rare (Hadley, Gray.) 

 Stem 2 to 6' high, 3-analed, with a subspicate raceme of 20 to 40 small, greenish 

 fle. JL (Alalaxis, Wild. Ophrys, L.) 



