754: oiicmDE^E. (^oiiCHis i-a:mily.j 



(heed), hiitwoen the ccHs of the anther; stigma ii glutinous 

 disk excavated in the face of the cohimn, often furnished at 

 one or both sides with a single or double gland (jyrosGolla), 

 naked or enclosed in a fold {iwuch) of the stigma. Capsule 

 dehiscent by 3, longitudinal chinks. Seeds minute, sawdust- 

 like. Albumen 0. 



* AnUier 1, connaie with cohiinit onhj at base, persistent marccscciit. rulUnia not. caiidkaluic, 



granular or powdery. 

 f StiTmattc ffJandsO. Labclhan someKhat jointed, more or less saccate. 



1. CEPIIALANTIIERA. Tall, leafy herb?, with loose spikes of yellowish or wliitc llower-s, 



.02 to .03 long, 

 t ■[• Stigmatic glands existing, thepollinia adhering to them. 



2. LlMODOllUM. Tarasitic, leafless herbs, with livid flowers, ,04 long, 



3. EPIPACTIS. Tall, leafy herbs, with greenish-purple flowers, ,015 to .02 long. 



* * Anther 1, persistent, adnate to the ichole column. Pollinia 2, caudiculatc, consisting of shapeless, 



waxy 7nasses, 7tnited by a weh-lihc, elastic axis, inserted on the caudicle of the stigmatic gland. 

 t Glands double. 

 X Pouch one. 



4. TIN^A. Labellum short-spurred. Lateral sepals gibbous at base. 



5. ORCHIS. Labellum long-spurred at lower and posterior aspect. Lateral sei)ulsi iml 



saccate at base. 



\ X Pouches two. 



6. OPHEYS. Labellum not spurred, usually gibbous at base. 



X X t Pouch none. 



7. GYMNADENIA. Labellum with a spur (in ours) twice as long as ovary. 



t t Gland single. 



8. SEKAPLVS. Flowers maroon-colored. Labellum deflexed, spurless, unequally 3 hibed, 



lateral lobes rounded, terminal ovate. 



9. ACERAS. Flowers large, lurid. Labellum with falcate lateral, and strap-shajicd, 



elongated, terminal lobe. ' 



lu, ANACAMPrir?. Flowers small, pink. Labellum equally 3-lobed, long-spurred. 



1. CEPHAL.A\THERA, Ricli. CEPHALANTKErvA. 



Leaves of perigonium distinct, somewhat connivent, overlapping 

 labellum. Labellum constricted at middle, somewhat jointed, the 

 lower division (JiyjMcJtiliwni) somewhat sacculate, rarelj^ spurred, 2- 

 lobcd, parallel with column and connate with its base, upper joint 

 {epicliiliuin or lamina) somewhat reflexed at tip. Column elongated, 

 erect. Anthers oblong, movable, affixed at back, cells distinct. Pollinia 

 two, cylindrical, 2-lobed. I'eak and proscolla 0. Ovary twisted — 

 Perennial herbs, growing from a rootstock. 



1. C. Ciisifolia, Murr. 11 .4 to .8; root-stock horizontal, with 

 long fibres; stem grooved, stiff, densely leafy. Leaves in tv/o rows, 

 ascending and spreading, lanceolate to linear, .08 to .2 long, acute. 

 Spike loose, many-flowered, glabrous; bracts ovate-lanceolate to ovate, 

 acute, minute, much slwrter than ovary; flowers with ovary .02 long, 

 trhite, the labellum with yellow spot at tip; ovary glaljrous; sepals 

 lanceolate, acute; petals elliptical: hibollum Khovtor than sopnls, not 



