ORCHIS FAMILY. 457 



Gyrostachys praecox (Walt.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PL 2 : 663. 1891. 



EARLY LADIES' TRESSES. 



Limodorum praecox Walt. Fl. Car. 221. 1788. 



Neottia tortilla Willd. Sp. PL 4 : 74. 1805. 



SpirantJtes praecox Gray, Man. ed. 6, 503. 1890. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 491. Gray, Man. 1. c. Chap. Fl. 462. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. South Atlantic and Gulf States, west to 

 Louisiana, north from Florida to southern Massachusetts. 



ALABAMA: Central Pine belt to Coast plain. Damp Handy pine barrens. Mobile, 

 Baldwin, Clarke, Washington, and Tuscaloosa counties. Flowers white. May; 

 frequent. 



Type locality: South Carolina. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Gvrostachys odorata (Nutt.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PL 2 : 664. 1891. 



SWEET-SCENTED LADIES' TRESSES. 



Neottia odorata Nutt. Jouru. Acad. Phila. 7 : 98. 1834. 



Spiranthes odorata Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orch. 467. 1840. 



Chap. FL 462. 



Louisianian area. Northwestern Louisiana to western Florida, north to North 

 Carolina. 



ALABAMA : Coast plain. Wet alluvial banks. Mobile County, alluvial forests on 

 the Alabama River, Pierces Landing. Flowers white, fragrant. October. Not 

 frequent. 



Type locality : "Along the borders of the Neuse River, at Newbern, in North Caro- 

 lina, on the wet and muddy shores." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Gyrostachys brevifolia (Chap.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PL 2 : 664. 1891. 



SHORT-LEAVED LADIES' TRESSES. 



Spiranthes brevifolia Chap. FL 462. 



Chap. FL 1. c. 



Louisianian area. Alabama to western Florida. 



ALABAMA: Coast plain. Low grassy pine barrens. Mobile County, Bayou Coden. 

 November, 1869. Flowers white. October, November. Very scarce. 



Type locality: ''Open grassy swamps in the pine barrens, Apalachicola, Fla." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



PBRAMIUM Salisb. Trans. Hort.Soc. 1:301. 1812. 

 (GOODYERA R. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, 5 : 197. 1813.) 



Twenty-five species, perennials, north temperate regions to tropical Asia. New 

 Caledonia, Europe, Siberia. North America, 3. 



Peramium pubescens (Willd. ) MacMillan, Metasp. Minn. Val. 172. 1892. 



DOWNY RATTLESNAKE PLANTAIN. 



Neottia pubescens Willd. Sp. PL 4 : 76. 1805. 



Goodiiera pubescens R. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, 5 : 198. 1813. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 491. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 503. Chap. FL 463. 



Alleghenian to Louisianiau area. Ontario; New England west to Minnesota, 

 south to Georgia and Florida. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region Upper division Coast Pine belt. Shady woods 

 Winston County (T. M. Peters}. Clarke County, Choctaw Corner (E. A. Smith). 

 Flowers white. July, August; infrequent. 



Type locality : " Hab. a Canada ad Floridam." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. 



ACHROANTHES Raf. Med. Rep. ser. 2, 5 : 352. 1808. 

 (MICKOSTYLIS Nutt. Gen. 2 : 196. 1818.) 



About 70 species, temperate North Hemisphere, tropical Asia and America. North 

 America, 2 or 3. 



Achroanthes unifolia (Michx.) Raf. Med. Rep. ser. 2, 5 : 352. 1808. 



GREEN ADDERSMOUTH. 



Malaxis unifolia Michx. FL Bor. Am. 2 : 157. 180?. 

 Microstylis 'ophioglossoides Nutt. Gen. 2 : 196. 1818. 

 Ell. Sk. 2: 503. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 498. Chap. FL 453. 



