ORDER CXXII. ORCIIIDACK.E. 523 



7 Flowers axillary, nodding Tnphorn, 9 



Flowers in spikes or racemes 8 



8. Plants parasitic Epidendrum, 16 



Plants not parasitic 9 



9. Column wiiiircd .ValdTifi, 14 



Column not winged 10 



10. Pollen becominjr waxy BUtiii, V,i 



Pollen fannaceous 11 



11. Leaf solitary, seldom 2 Calopogon, G 



Loaves more than 1 1- 



12. Leaves 2, near the middle of the stem IJster<t, 3 



Leaves several 13 



,13. Radical leaves broad, veined Goodyera, 1 



Radical leaves not veined 1-1 



14. Radical leaves oval- lanceolate Cranirhia, 4 



Radical leaves lanceolate Xeottia, 2 



Gknus L— GOODYE'RA. Brown, 18—1. 

 (In honor of John Goodyer, a British botanist) 



Perianth ringent; the two outer lateral se^-ments situated 

 beneath the lip, the interior segments ovate, with the lip gib- 

 bous at the base, undivided at the summit. Pollen consisting 

 of granules in a loose state of cohesion, angular. Column free. 



1. G. puBEs'cENS. (Willcl.) Stem pubescent toward the summit. 

 Radical leaves ovate, petiolate, reticulate, veined witli wliite. Floirers 

 in an oblong spike. Lip ovate, acuminate. — White, y. July — .Vug. 

 Shady woods. 6 — 10 inches. Rattlemake-plnntain. 



Genus II.— NEOT'TIA. L. 18—1. {Spirantha^, Rich.) 

 (From neottia, a bird's-nest, in allusion to the fibres of tiie root.) 



Pericinth ringent ; the two outer segments aflixed beneath 

 the lip, interior ones connivent. L'qy unguiculate, parallel to 

 the column. Pollen farinaceous. 



1, N. tor'tilis, (L.) Stem pubescent toward tlie summit. Radical 

 leaves linear, glabrous ; cauline ones subulate, acute. Scape slieatlietl. 

 Floioers in compact, spiral spikes ; the lip 3-cleft, the middle lobe Inrge 

 and crenulate. — White. U- June — July. Damp soils. Through the 

 summer. 8 — 12 inches. 



2. N. cer'nita, (L.) Stein erect, sheathed. Leaven lanceolate, nerved. 

 Flowers in dense spikes, recurved, nodding. Lip oblong, acut^, entire. 

 This plant varies much in the form of its leaves and the size of its 

 flowers, and in the time of their blooming. — Greenish-white. U. 

 Through the summer. Moist grounds. 1 — 2 feet. 



Genus III.— LISTE'RA. Brown, 18—1. 

 (In honor of Martin Lister, an English physician.) 



Perianth irreo-ular, spreading or refiexed. Lip pendulous, 2- 

 lobed, sessile. Colamn minute, free. Pollen farinaceous. 



