;CG 



IIIIDE^. (IIIIS FAMILY.) 



at base, reflexed, S-iobed, tlie undivided part oblong, wavy-margined, 

 the lateral lobes short, semi-oblong to linear, more or less falcate, the 

 terminal strap-shaped, longer than the rest of the flower, bifid, with 

 lobes entire or 2-3-toothed at tip — May — flillsides and grassy places ; 

 near Aintab. .- 



10. ANACAMPTIS, Rich. Anacamptis. J| 



Sepals and petals spreading, nearly alike. Labellum spreading, 

 nearly equally 3-lobed, with a spur longer than lobes and furnished 

 with 2, prominent, parallel lamelloe. Column short, obtuse; beak 

 conical. Anther adnate, with parallel cells, in one pouch. Polhnia ^^ 

 caudiculate, attached to a single, 2-lobed gland. Pouch one, 1-celled. M 

 Ovary twisted — Tuberous herbs with aspect of Orchis. m 



Fig. 356. 

 c 



A. pyramiclalis, L. If .5 to .0: stem 

 thick. Leaves linear-lanceolate, the upper 

 sheathing. Spike dense, conical-ovate to glo- 

 bular, at length cylindrical; bracts linear- 

 lanceolate, acute, pinkish, rather shorter than 

 ovary; flowers pink, .02 long including ovary; 

 sepals ovate-lanceolate, .000 long; petals ob- 

 liquely ovate, .004 long: labellum trifid for 

 half its length into oblong, obtuse or truncate 

 lobes ; spur slender, as long as ovary or longer 

 — Spring -- Hillsides and woods: coast to 

 middle mountain zones. 



a a a 



Anacaniptis pyramida- 



lis. (aaa) Sepals, (bb) 



Petals, (c) Labellum 



and spur. 



Order CVII. 1RII>E^, Lindley. (Iris Family). 



Ilerls^ %oith equitant, Cranked learns^ and Tegular or 

 irregular^ ])erfect^ hracteate flowers : the divisions of the 6- 

 cleft or -jKcrted^ ^J>(?^a?(9^VZ jr>erigoniurii convolute in the hud^ 

 in tvjo sets, the tiibe nearly or quite coherent vnth the Z-celled 



ovary ; 



Tjase of e:cterio7 



stamens 3, distinct or rnonadeliyhons, inserted at 

 lobes of ])erigonium ; anthers extrorse. 



many 

 bu- 



men. Eoot-stocks or tubers mostly acrid. 



* Perigonhim regular, 

 t Styles 3, more or less united at base. 

 1. IPJS. Stigmas dilated, petal-like, covering the stamens, with a stigmatose, transverse 

 line at lower surface. 



t I Style Ijjiliform, stigmas 3, more or less lobed or dissected. 

 9. CEOCUS. Branches of stigma 3, nearly entire, fringed, or dissected. 



3. ROMULEA. Stigmas 3, bilobed, bifid, or bipartite. 



* * Perigonium irregular. Stamens one-sided, curved, 



4. GLADIOLUS. Style filiform ; stigmas 3, spathulate-dllated from a filiform base. 



