GENUS 27. 



ORCHID FAMILY. 



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2. Corallorrhiza maculata Raf. Large 

 Coral-root. Fig. 1414. 



C. maculata Raf. Am. Month. Mag. 2: 119. 1817. 

 Corallorrhiza tnultiflora Nutt. Journ. Acad. Phila. 3: 

 138. pi. 7- 1823. 



Scape 8'-2o' high, purplish, clothed with sev- 

 eral appressed scales. Raceme 2'-8' long, 10- 

 3O-flo\vered ; flowers mainly brownish purple, 

 short -pedicelled ; sepals and petals somewhat 

 connivent at the base, linear-lanceolate, about 3" 

 long; lip white, spotted and lined with crimson, 

 oval or ovate in outline, deeply 3-lobed, crenulate, 

 bearing two narrow lamellae, the middle lobe 

 broader than the lateral ones, its apex curved; 

 spur manifest, yellowish; capsule ovoid or ob- 

 long, 5 "-8" long, drooping. 



In woods, Nova Scotia to British Columbia, south 

 to Florida, Missouri, New Mexico and California. 

 A race with yellow scapes and flowers occurs occa- 

 sionally. Dragon's-claws. July-Sept. 



Wis- 



3. Corallorrhiza Wisteriana Conrad, 

 ter's Coral-root. Fig. 1415. 



C. Wisteriana Conrad, Journ. Acad. Phila. 6: 145. 1829. 

 Stem slender, but sometimes stouter than that of the 

 preceding species, 8'-i6' high, bearing several sheath- 

 ing scales. Raceme 2'-$' long, loose, 6-i6-flowered ; 

 flowers slender-pedicelled, ascending or erect; sepals 

 and petals 2$"-3i" long; lip broadly oval or obovate, 

 3"-4" long, abruptly clawed, white with crimson 

 spots, crenulate, notched at the apex ; lamellae, 2 

 short prominent ridges ; spur, a somewhat conspicu- 

 ous protuberance adnate to the top of the ovary; 

 column strongly 2-winged toward the base ; capsule 

 elliptic-oblong or oblong-obovoid, about 5" long, 

 drooping when ripe. 



In woods, New England ; Pennsylvania to Ohio, Florida 

 and Texas. Feb.-May. 



4. Corallorrhiza odontorhiza (Willd.) 



Nutt. Small or Late Coral-root. 



Fig. 1416. 



Cymbidium odontorrhizon Willd. Sp. PI. 4 : no. 1805. 

 Corallorrhiza odontorrhisa Nutt. Gen. 2: 197. 1818. 



Scape slender, purplish, 6'-is' high. Raceme 

 2 '-4' long, 6-2o-flowered ; flowers mainly pur- 

 plish ; sepals and petals lanceolate, 2" long or less, 

 marked with purple lines ; lip about as long as 

 the petals, broadly oval or obovate, entire or 

 denticulate, narrowed at the base, not notched, 

 whitish, spotted with purple; spur, a small sac 

 adnate to the top of the ovary ; wings of the 

 column very narrow. 



In woods, Maine to Ontario, Michigan, Florida 

 and Missouri. Ascends to 3000 ft. in North Caro- 

 lina. Turkey-claw. Dragon's-claw. Crawley-root. 

 July-Sept. 



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