536 CXL. ORCHIDACES. GoopYERa. 
lous.—A small, delicate plant, in swamps, Mid. W.! and 8. States. Stem 
scarcely 6’ high, slightly angled, with about 3 flowers, which from their singu- 
lar form suggest the common name. Leaves 3—6, 3—3’ long, 4 as wide, 
purplish. Flowers white or greenish, the segments of the perianth equal, con- 
verging, and rather longer than the lip. Aug. 
10. CALOPOGON. Brown. 
Gr. xados, beautiful, twywyv, beard ; in allusion to the bearded lip. 
Segments of the perianth distinct; lip on the upper side of the 
flowers, unguiculate, bearded; column free, winged at the summit ; 
pollen angular. 
C. putcuettus. Br. (Cymbidium. Willd.) Grass Pink. 
Rt. tuberous; /f. radical, ensiform, veined; scape tew-flowered ; liperect, nar- 
rowed at base, with an expanded border, and a concave, hairy disk.—A truly beau- 
tiful plant, in swamps and moist meadows, U.S. and Can, Scape slender, 10—20’ 
high, furnished with a single, long leaf (8—12’ by 4’), sheathing its base. Flow- 
ers 3—8, large, purple, remarkable for their inverted position; lip expanded 
at the end and fimbriate on the upper side of the flower, while the column 1s 
below. Petals and sepals expanded. July. 
11,.SPIRANTHES. Rich. 
Gr. cre.pa, a cord; in reference to the twisted spike. 
Flowers in a spiral spike; petals connivent; lip unguiculate, 
parallel with the column, entire, with 2 callous processes at base ; 
column free, clavate, bidentate at summit; ovary oblique; stigma 
rostrate. 
1. S. Gracinis. Beck. pcr os Bw.) Ladies’ Tresses. 
Lvs. radical, ovate, caducous; scape sheathed, fls. in a spiral row; lip 
obovaie, curled.—-A very delicate plant, not uncommon in old woods, N. Eng., 
Can. Scape leafless, with several remote, sheathing scales, very slender, and 
8—12’ high. Leaves 3—4, close to the ground, 1—2’ long, 4 as wide, on short 
petioles, mostly withering and falling away before the flowers expand. Flow- 
ers small, white, arranged in arow which winds once or twice around the 
stem. July. 
2. S. tortinis. Sw. (Ophrys. Mz. S. estivalis. Mz.) 
Radical ivs. linear; scape sheathed; fls. spirally secund ; lip somewhat 3- 
lobed, the middle lobe larger, crenulate.—A plant mostly similar to the last, in 
woods and meadows, N. Eng. to Car. Leaves 3—6’ by 2—4” commonly dis- 
appearing before flowering. Scape slender, a foot or more high, with a spiral 
row of oblique, small, white flowers, forming a twisted spike 2—4/ long. July. 
3. S. cernua. Rich. (Neottia. Willd.) 
Lvs. radical, linear-lanceolate, veined; stem sheathed; spike dense; ae re- 
curved, drooping ; sep. and pet. cohering ; lip oblong, entire or crenulate, dilated 
at the apex.—In moist grounds, N. Eng. to Ga. Scape 4—1#f high, rather 
stout, pubescent above, with a dense, twisted spike at summit 1—2’ long. Leaves 
3 or more, nearly or quite radical, 3—8 or 10’ long, }—1' wide. Bracts ovate, 
acuminate, as long as the greenish flowers. Aug. Oct. — 
12. GOODYERA. Brown. 
Named for John Goodyer, an obscure English botanist. 
Perianth ringent; calyx herbaceous, upper sepal vaulted, the 2 
lower ones beneath the saccate and entire lip; column free, pollen 
angular ; stigma prominent, roundish. 
G. pubescens. Br. Rattlesnake Plantain. 
Lws. radical, ovate, petiolate, reticulate; scape sheathed, and with the 
flowers, pubescent; /ip ovate, acuminate ; pet. ovate.—A plant found in woods, 
Can. and U. S. remarkably distinguished for its leaves which are all radical 
