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t Scape merely bracteatc ; leaves (if any) radical, and soon disappearing. 



1. S. gracilis, Bigelow. Leaves, when present, elliptic-lanceolate, 

 petiolate; spike slender, smoothish; flowers unilateral, spirally 

 twisted. 



S. tortilis. Rich? Fl. Cestr. ed. Z.p.bQl. and var. gracilis. Ibid. I.e. 

 SLENDER SPIRANTHES. Ladies' Tresses. 



Leaves 1 to 2 inches long, thinnish. Scape 9 to 15 inches high, slim, sheathed with 

 acuminate scales. Spike 2 to 4 inches in length; flowers small ; bracts elliptic, or 

 ovate-oblong, acuminate. Capsule smooth. 



Hah. Moist grounds ; meadows, &c. : frequent. Fl. July. Fr. Sept. 

 f f Scape leafy near the base. 



2. S. cerima. Rich. Leaves linear-lanceolate, elongated, sessile ; 

 spike dense, pubescent ; flowers not unilateral, obliquely cernuous. 

 NODDING SPIRANTHES. 



Leaves 3 to 10 or 12 inches long, somewhat fleshy. Scape 6 to 15 inches high, 

 stouter than the preceding, bearing loosely sheathing scofcs, or sometimes leafy. 

 Spike 2 to 6 inches long ; flowers rather large, crowded ; bracts lance-ovate. Cap- 

 sule pubescent. 

 Hob. Moist thickets, and low grounds : frequent. Fl. Aug. Fr. Octo. 



Obs. The flowers vary from greenish-white to ochroleucous. 

 427. GOODYE'RA, R. Brown. 



[Dedicated to John Goodyer ; an English Botanist.J 



Lateral sepals not oblique at base. Lip saccate at base, without 

 callous processes, the apex acuminate and channelled. Column 

 straight. Pollinia of angular grains loosely cohering by a web. 

 Rhizoma somewhat creeping ; leaves radical ; scape bracteate ; flowers 

 spiked, greenish-white. 



1. G. pub&scens, R. Br. Leaves spatulate-ovate, petiolate, 

 reticulated with broad bluish- white veins; spike crowded, glandular- 

 pubescent. 

 PUBESCENT GOODYERA. Rattle-snake Plantain. 



Leaves 1 to 2 inches long, acute, mostly 5-nerved, the upper surface dark green, 

 whitish along the midrib and nerves, tapering at base to a flat petiole about an 

 inch in length. Scape 6 to 12 inches high, terete, pubescent; spike 2 to 4 inches 

 long ; bracts ovate-lanceolate, pubescent and ciliate, a little longer than the ovaries ; 

 flowers small. 

 Hob. Woodlands, and shady thickets : frequent. F 1. July. Fr. Sept. 



DIVISION II. Anthers 2 (the middle or front one abortive). 



TRIBE 5. CYPRIPEDIE V AE. 



Pollen pulpy-granular; abortive anther dilated and petal-like. 



428. CYPRIPEWUM, L. 



[Gr. Kypris, Venus, and Podion, a sock, or slipper; in allusion to the lip.] 

 Sepals spreading, the 2 anterior ones mostly united. Petals similar 

 but usually narrower. Lip a large inflated sac, somewhat mocasln- 

 shaped. Column short, 3-lobed, the lateral lobes each bearing a 

 2-celled anther beneath, the middle one (abortive anther) dilated, 

 thickish, incurved. Root of many matted fibres; leaves many- 



