ORCHID FAMILY. 





Peramium Menziesii (Lindl. , M,,n,ng. MeiwieV Rattlc*nake PUi 



"33.) 



^iratillies dfcifiifns Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: aot 

 1839? 



dyera Menziesii Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orch. 



1840. 



'eramium Menziesii Morong, Mem. Torr. Club. 

 5: 124. 1894. 



Scape stout, 8'-i5' high, glandular-pubes- 

 jt. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, i#'-2#' 

 j, 8"-i5" wide, the blade acute at both 

 s, often without white blotches or reticula- 

 >ns; spike not i-sided; flowers 3"-4" long; 

 ilea concave, ovate-lanceolate, the tip long, 

 sually recurved, lip swollen at the base, 

 a long narrow recurved or spreading 

 jx; anther ovate, pointed, on the base of 

 column, which is prolonged above the 

 igma into a gland-bearing awl-shaped beak. 



In woods, Quebec to British Columbia, New 

 lampshire, New York, Minnesota, Arizona and 

 "alifornia. Aug. 



10. ACHROANTHES Raf. Ml. Rep. II 5 353 iSot. 



[MICROSTVI.IS Xutt. Gen. a: 196. 



Low herbs, from a solid bulb, our species i -leaved. an.l \\ith i-everal Kale* at the ' 

 the stem. Flowers small, white or green, in a terminal raceme. Sepal* prvadin 

 ate, the lateral ones equal at the base. Petals filiform or linear, cpresding. Lip cordate or 

 ired at the base, embracing the column. Anther ere.-t U-tween the auricle*, xetlol; pol- 

 lia 4, smooth and wax}-, 2 in each sac, tlu- ;>air- c-oheriug at the untnit. withOHt cawlirle* 

 glands. Capsule oval, sometimes nearly glob. <-ss. [Greek, in aUnaioa to the 



sn flowers ?] 



About 40 species, widely distributed. Besides the following, ahoat 4 other* cxxur in the N*k- 



and western parts of North America. 



eaf sheathing the base of the stem. 

 eaf clasping the stem near the middle. 



** 



i. Achroanthes monophylla 

 Greene. Whit. mouth. 



(Fig. ii 



Ofihrys mo*of>kyttoi L. Sp. PI. 4 



Undl. Bot R*v H 



Achroattlkts momofikrll* Grrene. Pitton 



183. 



Stem sU-n.ler. 4'-6' high, amooth. gtebnwa. 

 striate. Leaf sheathing the rtein at to baa*. 

 the blwle I'-a' knx wide; ract 



long, narrow, 3"-3" thkk; nowr 

 hin>h,aN.ut ."long; pcdkcb arijr wwt. 

 bracted, i"-a" long: tepala anrtr 

 angular or ovate, acuminate, the lateral lohta 

 obtuse; capaule oval, about i" long. 



In wood*. Quebec to Miaacaota, PMyl*a^a 

 and Nebraska. July. 



