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the middle lobe bearded above, and 2-pointed underneath. Column erect, 

 broadly winged and petal-like. Anther lid-like, just below the apex of the 

 column : pollen-masses 2, waxy, each 2-parted, sessile on the membranaceoua 

 gland. A little bog-herb; the solid bulbs producing a single petioled ovate 

 or slightly heart-shaped thin leaf, and a short (3' -5' high) scape, sheathed 

 belo\\, bearing a large and showy (variegated purple and yellow) flower. 

 (Name from the goddess Calypso.) 



1. C. bo re ill is, Salisb. Cold bogs and wet woods, the bulbs resting in 

 moss, N. New England to N. Michigan, and northward. May. A very rare 

 and beautiful plant. Lip \' long, somewhat resembling that of a Lady's 

 Slipper. (Eu.) 



11. TIPUL.AR1A, Nutt CRANE-FLY ORCHIS. 



Sepals and petals spreading, oblong ; the latter rather narrower. Lip pro- 

 longed underneath into a thread-like ascending spur twice or thrice the length of 

 the flower, 3-lobed ; the middle lobe linear, a little wavy, as long as the petals, 

 the side lobes short and triangular. Column narrow and wingless. Anther 

 lid-like, terminal : pollen-masses 2, waxy, each 2-parted, connected by a linear* 

 stalk with the transverse small gland. Herb with large solid bulbs connected 

 horizontally, producing in autumn a single ovate nerved and plaited leaf on a 

 slender petiole, which is tinged with purple beneath ; and in summer a long 

 and naked slender scape (10'-18' high), with 1 or 2 sheaths at the base, bearing 

 a many-flowered raceme of small greenish flowers tinged with purple. (So 

 named from some fancied resemblance of the flowers to insects of the genus 

 Tipula.) 



1. T. discolor, Nutt. Pine woods, Martha's Vineyard, Oakes. Deer- 

 field, Massachusetts, Prof. Hitchcock. Vermont, Beck. Parma, Monroe County, 

 New York, Dr. Bradley. N. Michigan, Dr. Cooky. Rockport, Ohio, Dr. 

 Bassett. Also southward, where it is much less rare. July. Spur almost 

 1' long. 



12. B LET I A, Ruiz&Pavon. BLBTIA. 



Sepals spreading, equal, rather exceeding the petals. Lip hooded, jointed, 

 crested along the upper face, often 3-lobed. Column half-cylindrical ; the fleshy 

 anther forming a lid at its apex. Pollen-masses 8, in pairs, with a stalk to each 

 pah-, waxy, becoming powdery. Scape many-flowered from solid tubers. 

 (Named for Louis Blet, a Spanish botanist.) 



1. B. aphylla, Nutt. Leafless; scape (1- 2 high) beset with purplish 

 scales, the lower ones sheathing ; flowers racemed, brownish-purple ; lip not sac- 

 cate. Rich woods, Kentucky and southward. 



13. MICROSTYL.IS, Nutt. ADEER'S-MOUTH. 



Sepals spreading. Petals thread-like or linear, spreading. Lip auricled or 

 halberd-shaped at the base, not tubercled, entire or nearly so. Column very 

 small, with 2 teeth or auricles at the summit and the lid-like anther between 



