482 OKCHIDACE.E. (OKCHIS FAMILY.) 



1. H. aphyllus, Raf. Scape stout, terete, tapering into the many- 

 flowered spike ; sheaths several, short, the upper ones passing into the ovate 

 acuminate bracts ; flowers spreading, brownish, striped with purple; sepals 

 and petals oblong-lanceolate, oblique ; lip concave, emargiuate, with a 6-ridged 

 crest along the middle, the lateral lobes erect. Rich shaded soil. Julv- 

 August. Root consisting of horizontal, jointed tubers. Scape 1- 1| high, 

 Perianth f long. 



9. DENDROPHYLAX, Reichenbach, f. 



Sepals and petals spreading Lip erect, 3-lobed, the lateral lobes small 

 angular, the middle one with 2 widely spreading lobes. Spur very long, fili- 

 form. Column short. Pollen masses 2. Epiphytes. Scape leafless, in ours 

 bearing a single large white flower 



1. D. Lindenii, Reichenbach, f. Scape filiform (3' -4' long); sepals 

 and petals lanceolate ; segments of the middle lobe of the lip lanceolate curved, 

 attenuate ; capsule stipitate, oval smooth. On Oreodoxa regia, South Flor- 

 ida (Cttrtisa). 



10. POLYSTACHYA, Hook. 



Two upper sepals broad, gibbous, conuiveut. Petals small. Lip jointed, 

 sessile, 3-lobed. Anthers lid-like, free. Pollen masses 4, hemispherical, 

 waxy. Epiphytes. Stem leafy near the base. Flowers small, in simple or 

 compound racemes. 



1. P. luteola, Hook. Stem (l-2 high) tuberous at base, longer than 

 the few lance-oblong rigid leaves; raceme compound; flowers greenish yel- 

 low ; the lip obovate, oblong, downy within, the lateral lobes small, the middle 

 one broad and recurved On various trees, South Florida. 



11. CYRTOPODIITM, R, Br. 



Sepals and petals alike, spreading. Lip clawed, continuous with the base 

 of the column, incurved, 3-lobed. Pollen masses 2 the short stalk linear. 

 Gland ovate. Terrestrial. Scape sheathed, separate from the leaves. Flow- 

 ers racemose or panieled, 



1. C. punctatum, Lindl. Scape tall; leaves broadly lanceolate, 

 strongly 3-ribbed (1^' wide) ; flowers in a simple panicle (6"- 8" long) ; bracts 

 k-afy, lanceolate, undulate, spreading; sepals and petals greenish white, 

 spotted ; middle lobe of the lip emargiuate. Miami, South Florida ( Garlcr). 



2. C. Woodfordh, Lindl. i. Scape more slender (2 -3 high); leaves 

 rigid, linear-lanceolate (1 long); racemes rather closely flowered (2' -4' 

 long) ; flowers small, shorter than the linear bracts; sepals and petals green; 

 lip crestless, the middle lobe cuneate-oblong : capsule erect. (Bletia vere- 

 cunda, 1st edit, in part.) Low sandy pine barrens, Florida. 



12. CALOPOGON, R. Br. 



Sepals unequal, the two lateral ones broader and oblique. Lip (by the un- 

 twisted ovary) brought to the upper or inner side of the flower, dilated at the 

 apex, bearded on the face, and narrowed into a hinge-like claw. Column 



