ORCHID FAMILY. 

 4. POGONIA Juss. Gen. PI. 65. 1789. 



Mostly low herbs, the flowers terminal, solitary or in raceme*, the leare* anally alternate 

 or \t-rticillate. Sepals and petals separate, erect or ascending. I.ip erect from the baa* of 



the column, spurless. Column elongated, dub-sh;ij K -.l .it th, - 



stalked, attached to the back of the column, its sacs parallel -, wh aac. pn> 



dt-ry -granular, without a caudicle. Stigma a flattened disk ' paok ob- 



long or ovoid, erect or drooping. [Greek, bearded, from the Uardol lip of 



About 30 species, widely distributed. Only the- following are known in Nafta 



Is and petals nearly equal and alike. 



Lip crested. , / ,, 



I.ip not crested. 



Si-pals longer and narrower than the petals. 

 Stem bearing a single leaf near the middle. 

 Stem bearing a whorl of leaves at the top. 



Lip crested along a narrow line down the face; peduncle a* long the rapMilr or taa*f 



Lip crested over the whole face and lotx--: pi (him '.. in the capable. 



i. Pogonia ophioglossoides I. 

 Rose Po^ouia. Snake-mouth 



An-llnisa </>///,, I.. Sp. PL 981 i;i> 



:</ o/>A;.'v Bat- Kr 



/>/. 148. 1816. 



Stem 8'- 1 5' high, i-j-leavrd. not rarrly with 

 a long-petioled basal leaf. Stem leaf or kftVM 

 >^ / -3 / long, lanceolate or ovate, erect, bluntly 

 acute; flowers fragrant, ple row-color , Uightly 

 iKxlding, large. x.liur>- or ocawiooally in pain. 

 subtended by a foliaceous bract; wpab and peUb 

 about equal, t-lliptic or oval, 6"-lo" long: lip 

 spatulate, free or somewhat apprtawd to the 

 column lielow, crested and fringed; column much 

 shorter than the i>etals. thick. .lub.haprd. 



In mead..\vs and nwampft, NrwfpndUd to Oav 

 o, Florida and Kaaaw Abw in Japan. Boa* 



Urio 



fibrous. 



June-July. 



2. Pogonia trianthophora (Sw.) B.S.P. Nodding Pogon 



Arelhusa trianthophora Sw. Kongl. Vet. Acad. Handl. 

 (II.) 21 : 230. 1800. 



Pogonia pendula Lindl. Bot. Reg. />/. 908. 1825. 



Pogonia trianthophora B.S.P. Prel. Cat. N. Y. 52. 



1888. 



Stem glabrous, $'-&' high, from a tuberous root, 

 often clustered. Leaves 2-8, alternate, ovate, 3"- 

 9" long, clasping; flowers 1-7, on axillary pedun- 

 cles, pale purple, at first nearly erect, soon droop- 

 ing; perianth 6"-8" long; sepals and petals about 

 equal, connivent, elliptic, obtuse; lip clawed, some- 

 what 3-lobed, roughish or crisped above, not crested, 

 about as long as the petals; capsule oval, drooping, 

 about 6" long. 



In rich woods, Canada (?), Rhode Island to Florid. 

 Wisconsin and Kansas. Ascends to 3500 ft. in 

 Carolina. Local. Aug. -Sept. 



