450 ORCHIDACE^E. (ORCHIS FAMILY.) 



8. POGdNIA, Juss. POGONIA. 



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

 Column free, elongated, clnb-shaped, wingless. Anther terminal and lid-like 

 stalked: pollen-masses 2 (one in each cell), powdery-granular. Stem 1 -5 

 leaved. (Utoywvias, bearded, from the lip of some of the original species.) 



f 1. POGONIA PROPER. Sepals and petals nearly equal and alike, pink-purple 



1. P. opllioglossoidcs, Nutt. "Root of thick fibres ; stem (6' -9' high) 

 tearing one clasping oval or lanceolate leaf near the middle, and a smaller similai 

 bract next the solitary flower; lip spatulate, beard-crested and fringed. Bogs 

 common. June, July. Flower handsome, 1' long, pale purple, rarely 2 or 3. 



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

 3 or 4 alternate ovate-clasping small leaves, and nearly as many drooping flowers 

 on axillary pedicels ; lip spatulate, somewhat 3-lobed, roughish or crisped above, 

 bnt not crested. (TripWa, Nutt.) Rich damp woods, from N. New Eng. 

 lUnd southward and westward: rare. Aug., Sept. Flowers whitish, tinged 

 with pink, 1' long; sepals and petals erect. 



*. ODONECTIS, Hat. Sepals linear, much longer than the erect petals: liy 

 3-lobed, the middle lobe crested : flowers dingy purple. 



3. P. verticilluta, Nutt, Root of thick fibres; stem (6'- 12' higty 

 bearing a whorl of 5 oval or oblong-obovate pointed sessile leaves at the summit, 1 

 flowered; sepals erect (I'- 2' long). Damp woods, New England to Michigai 

 Kentucky, and southward : scarce. June. 



4. P. divaiicata, R. Br. Stem (2 high) bearing one lanceolate leaf i* 

 the middle, and a leafy bract next the single flower; sepals widely spreading (2 

 2$' long). Wet pine-barrens, Virginia and southward. May. 



9. CAJLOPOGON, R. Brown. CALOPOGON. 



Flower with the ovary or stalk not twisting, therefore presenting its lip on the 

 upper or inner side ! Sepals and petals nearly alike, lance-ovate, spreading^ 

 distinct. Lip rather spreading, raised on a narrowed base or stalk, dilated at 

 the summit, strongly bearded along the upper side. Column free, winged ai 

 the apex. Anther terminal and lid-like, sessile : pollen-masses 4 (two in each 

 rwlU, of soft powdery grains. Scape from a solid bulb, sheathed below by the 

 base of the grass-like leaf, naked above, bearing several flowers. Bracts minute. 

 (Name composed of /cczXoy, beautiful, and Trcbycoi/, beard, from the bearded lip.) 



1. C. pule lie 1 1 11$, R. Brown. Leaf linear; scape about 1 high, 2- 

 flowered ; lip beautifully bearded towards the dilated summit with white, ye 

 low, and purple club-shaped hairs. Bogs; common. July. Flowers 

 broad, pink-purple, fragrant. 



1O. CALYPSO, Salisb. CALYPSO. 



Sepals and petals nearly similar, ascending, spreading, lanceolate, pointed, 

 L,p larger then- the rest of the flower, sac-shaped, inflated, 3-lobed at the apex, 



