OROIIIDEiE. (OllClIlS FAMILY.) 705 



8. SERAPIAIS, L. SEiiAriAS. 



Sepals more or less connate, forming a hood ; petals dilated at base, 

 long-aristate. Labellum not spurred, witli 1-2 gibbosities at base; 

 lateral lobes erect, terminal longer, refracted. A])ex of column 

 acuminate, petaloid. Anther entirely aduate, vertical, cells parallel on 

 either side of beak. PoUinia caudiculatc. Gland 1, included in 

 pouch. Ovary not twisted — Tuberous herbs with reddish or purplish 

 flowers. 



S, p§euclocor<li§€ra, Mor. 2X .2 to .4 ; tubers sessile ; stem leafy. 

 Leaves linear-lance- ^ ^^. 



olate, acute. Spike 

 loose ; bracts oblong- 

 lanceolate to ovate- 

 lanceolate, maroon- 

 colored, as long as or 

 longer than flowers ; 

 perianth maroon-co- 

 lored ; sepals lanceo- 

 late, acuminate, 

 united nearly to 

 apex ; petals orbicu- 

 late at base, long- 

 acuminate labellum 

 deeper-colored, late- 

 ral lobes half-ovate, 

 oblique, middle ob- 

 long-lanceolate — 

 Spring — Grassy places 

 interior .plateaus. 



9. ACERAJ»», E. Br. Aceras. 



Sepals united in a hood or somewhat spreading. Petals smaller. 

 Labellum 3-parted or -lobed, with a gibbus or spur at Ijase, destitute of 

 lamellae. Column short. Anther adnate, with parallel cells. PoUinia 

 caudiculate, both caudicles inserted on the single gland. Pouch one, 

 1-celled. Beak conical. Ovary twisted — Tuber-bearing herbs. 



Fig. 355. 



pseudocoi-dijiera. (a) Bract. (&) Sepal, {ccc) 

 Petals, (f/) Labellum. 



maritime reefion to middle mountain zones and 



Bract and flower of Aceras liircina. 



A. liircina, L. % .5 to .8; 



" tubers large, ovate-oblong; stem 

 stout. Leaves glaucous, elliptical- 

 lenticular to lanceolate. Spike .15 

 to .25 long, cy- 

 lindrical; bracts 

 membranous, 

 ^ lanceolate-linear 

 to linear, taper- 

 ing, longer than 

 ovary; flowers .00 to .08 long in-' 

 eluding ovary; sepals oblong, green, 

 purple-dotted within ; labellum red- 

 dish-olive, with a short, saccate spur 



