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nite waxy masses (pollinia.) Ovary 1- rarely 3-celled ; ovules 

 indefinite ; style forming part of the column of the stamens ; 

 stigma a viscid cavity in front of the column. Capsule 3-rib- 

 bed, 3-valved, rarely baccate. Seeds numerous; albumen 

 none ; embryo a solid fleshy mass. 



Herbs. Roots tuberous or fibrous. 'Leaves simple, quite 

 entire. 



* Pollen simple or consisting of granules in a lax state of 

 cohesion. 



1. GOODYERA. Brown. 



Perianth ringent ; the 2 outer or lateral segments placed 

 beneath the lip, which is gibbous at the base and undivided at 

 the extremity. Column free, Pollen angular, 



Gynandria. Monandria. 



1. G. pubesccns Brown : radical leaves ovate, petiolate, reticulate ; 

 scape sheathed and with the flowers pubescent ; lip ovate, acuminate; 

 segments of the perianth ovate. 



HAB. Shady woods. Can. to Flor. July, Aug. 14. Scape 

 610 inches high. Leaves radical, dark green, veined with 

 white. Flowers white, in an oblong spike. 



Rattlesnake Plantain. 



2. G. repens Brown: radical leaves ovate, petiolate, reticulate; scape 

 sheathed and with the flowers pubescent ; flowers unilateral ; lip and 

 segments lanceolate. 



HAB. Shady woods. N. S. July. 1. Root creeping. Scape 

 6 8 inches high. Leaves less distinctly veined than in the pre- 

 ceding. Flowers greenish-white. 



2. SHRANTHES, Rich. 



Spike spiral ; inner segments of the perianth connivent. 

 Lip unguiculate, parallel with the column, with 2 calli at the 

 base, entire. Anther terminal, peduncled at the end. Ovary 

 oblique. Gynandria. Monandria. 



1. S. tortilis Rich. : radical leaves linear ; scape sheathed ; flowers 

 spirally secund ; lip trifid ; the middle lobe large and crenulate. Neot- 

 tia tortilis Swartz. Pursh. Ophrys otstivalis Mich. 



HAB. Low meadows. N. Y. to Car. June, July. If. Scape 

 a foot high. Flowers white. 



2. S. gracilis Beck : radical leaves ovate ; scape sheathing ; flowers 

 in a spiral row ; lip obovate, curled. Neottia gracilis Big. 



HAB. Dry woods. Mass. July, f^. Scape 8 12 inches high, 

 erect, with a few sheathing scales or leafets. Leaves on short 



