ORCIIIDE^E. (OlICIIIS FAMILY.) 



8. SERAPIAS, L. SERAriAS. 



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

 loug-aristate. Labellum not spurred, with 1-2 gibbosities at base; 

 lateral lobes erect, terminal longer, refracted. Apex of column 

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

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

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

 flowers. 



''to. 4; tubers sessile ; stem leafy. 

 Fig. 3o4. 



If. 3 



S. p§eiiclocordigera, Mor. 

 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- 

 hred ; sepals lanceo- 

 late,^ acuminate, 

 united nearly to 

 apex ; petals orbicu- 

 latc at base, long- 

 acuminate labellum 

 deeper-colored, late- 

 ral lobes half-ovate, 



oblique, middle ob- Serapias pseudocordicei-a. (a) Bract, 

 long-lanceolate — Petals, (rf);- Labellum. 



Spring — Grassy places; maritime region to middle mountain zones and 

 interior plateaus. 



9. ACERAS, E. Br. Aceras. 

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

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

 lamellae. Coiumn 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. 



(&) ^epal. {ccc) 



Fig. 355. 



liircliia, L. If 



to .8; 

 stem 



Bract and flower of Aceras liircina. 



tubers large, ovate-oblon_ 

 stout. Leaves glaucous, elliptical- 

 lenticular to lanceolate. Spike .15 

 to .25 long, cy- 

 lindrical ; bracts 

 membranous, 

 lanceolate-linear 

 to linear, taper- 

 ing, longerthan 

 ovary; flowers .06 to .08 long in- 

 cluding ovary; sepals oblong, green, 

 purple-dotted within ; labellum red- 

 dish-olive, with a short, saccate spur 



