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cate threads. — Scape from a small solid bull), sheathed below by the base of 

 the gra«s-like leaf, iKiked above, bcariiii; soveral hiv^a (lowers. Hracts minute. 

 (Name comj)<)siMl of ko\Js, h(aulij'ul, and iruyujv, heard, from the bearded lip.) 

 1. C. pulchellus, Iv. Br. Leaf linear; scape about 1° high, 2-6-flo\v- 

 ered ; flowers 1' broad, pink-purple ; lip as if hinged :it the insertion, beautifully 

 bearded toward the dilated summit with white, yellow, and purple club-shaped 

 hairs. — Bogs, Newf. to Fla., west to Mijin. and Mo. 



14. POGONIA, Juss. 



Flower irregular, the sepals and petals separate. Lip crested or 3-lobed. 

 Columu free, elongated, club-shaped, wingless. Anther terminal and lid-like, 

 stalked; pollen-masses 2 (one in each cell), powdery-granular. {Uuywvias 

 bearded, from the lip of some of the original species.) 

 § L Sepals anei peUds nearlij equal and alike, pale rose-color, sometimes white. 



1. P. ophioglossoid.es, Nutt. Root of thick filjres; stem (G- 9' high) 

 bearing a single oval or lance-oblong leaf near the middle and a smaller one or 

 bract near the terminal flower, rarely one or two others with a flower in the 

 axil; flower 1' long, sweet-scented ; lip spatulate, ai)pressed below to the col- 

 umn, beard-crested and fringed. — Bogs, Newf. to Fla., wTst to N. lud. and 

 Minn. June, July. (Japan.) 



2. P. pendula, Lindl. Stem (3 - 8' high) from oblong tubers, bearing 

 3 to 7 alternate ovate-clasping very small (3-6") leaves, the upper 1-4 with 

 drooping flowers in their axils on slender pedicels; perianth Y long, narrow; 

 lip spatulate, somewhat 3-lobed, roughish or crisped above, crestless. — Damp 

 woods, X. Eng. to Fla., west to Wise, and Mo. 



§ 2. Sepals linear, dinrji/ or brownish, lon/jer and much narroiver than the erect 

 ' or conmvent petals; lip 3-lobed at the apex, crested doicn the middle, beard' 

 less ; Jloirers solitari/ (or rarely a pair), terminal; rout a cluster ofjibres. 



3. P. divaricata, R. Br. Stem (1-2° high) bearing a lanceolate leaf in 

 the middle, and a lea/,/ bract next the flower, which is recurved on the ovary; 

 but the sepals ascending or diverging, spatulate-linear, longer than the lan- 

 ceolate-spatulate pointed and flesh-colored petals, these about 1-1^' long. — 

 Wet pine-barrens, N. J. to Fla. June, July. 



4. P. verticillata, Nutt. Stem (6 -12' high) naked, except some small 

 scales at the base and a whorl of mostly 5 obovate or obovate-oblomj sessile leaves 

 at the summit; flower dusky purplisli, on a, peduncle longer than the ovary and 

 capsule; sepals more than twice the Icm/th of the petals, ntiTTOwly linear, spread- 

 ing from a mostly erect base (1^-2' long) ; lip with a narrow crest dowu the 

 middle. — Low woods, N. Eng. to Fla., west to Ind. and Wise; rather rare, 

 especially eastward. May, June. Glaucous when young. Fruit stalk erect, 

 about 1^' long, more than half the length of the leaves. 



5. P. afEinis, Austin. Somewhat smaller than the precetling; leaves 

 paler and rather narrower ; flowers (not rarely in pairs) yellowish or greenish ; 

 peduncle much shorter than the ovary and capsule ; sepals but little longer than 

 fAe p^fa/s, tapering to the base; lip crested over the whole face and on the 

 middle of the lobes. — Low woods, S. W. Conn., S. New York, and N. New 

 Jersey ; rare. 



