328 ORDER 137. ORCIIIDACE^E. 



9-1 O. Micliauxll (N.) Very leafy; leaves elliptic-oval, the upper reduced : flower* 



few, white ; petals 2-parted, the lower divisions linear-cetaceous, like those of the 



lip ; spur twice as long as the ovary ; flowers white. South. 

 22 O. repens (N.) Stem very leafy from a creeping rhizome ; leaves all lance-linear, 



long ; flowers greenish-yellow, dense in the spike, much smaller than in No. 21, bat 



otherwise similar. Pine-barrens, 8. August, September. 



4. TIPULARIA, N. Sepals spatulate, spreading. Petals lance-linear. 

 Lip sessile, 3-lobed, middle lobe linear. Spur filiform, very long. Column 

 free. Anth. opening by a lid, with 4 pollen-masses. U Conns several, 

 connected by a thick fibre. Leafl. Flowers bractless. 



T. discolor N. Pine woods, Vt. to Ga. Leaf ovate, petiolate, 2 3'. Scape 1015' ; 

 raceme with many small, greenish, nodding flowers. July. 



5. BLETIA, R. & P. Pet. and sep. subequal, distinct. Lip hooded 

 at end (spurless in our species). Column free. Pollinia 8, in pairs, waxy, 

 each pair pedicellate. U Flowers racemed, showy. 



1 B. aph^Ila N. Leafless ; scape 1530', with few bracts ; racemes long and loose ; 



flowers purplish and yellowish-brown ; lip 3-lobed. Swamps, S. August. 



2 B. verecunda H. K. Leaves all radical, broad-lanceolate; scape 8 3f; flowers 



purple, large and showy; lip broad and crisp at the end. Ga., Fla. July. 



6. CORALLORHIZA, Br. CORAL-ROOT. Sepals and petals subequal, 

 converging. Lip produced behind into a spur, which is adnate to the 

 ovary or obsolete. Pollinia 4. U Plants leafless, brown, arising from 

 coralline roots, sheathed with bracts. Flowers racemed. Fig. 340. 



* Spur conspicuously prominent, but adnate. Lip 3-lobed No. 1 



* Spur wholly obliterated. x Lip crenulate, wavy, not at. all lobed No. 3 



x Lip entire, slightly toothed near the base Nos. 3, 4 



1 C'. multlflora N. Scape 10 15', all brownish-purple, bearing 1520 fls. in a long 



rac. ; lip 3-lobed, white, spotted, 3 4" ; caps, elliptical, pendulous. Woods, M., N. Jl. 



2 C. odontorhiza N. Scape 9 14', all brownish-purple, bearing 10 20 fls. in a long 



spike ; lip undivided, oval, obtuse, spotted ? caps, roundish, reflexed. Old woods. Jl. 



3 C. in iiata Br. Scape 5-10-flwd. ; lip oblong, angularly 2-toothed toward the basi;, 



spotless, white ; caps, elliptic-obovoid, reflexed. Damp woods, N. : rare. 5 8'. J 



4 C. Macrael Gr. Scape 15-20-flwd., fls. large ; lip oval, obtuse, obscurely uuriculate 



at base ; caps, oval, 6", reflexed ; sepals and petals 6". N. H., N. and W. 10 W. 



7. APLECTRUM, N. ADAM-AND-EVE. PUTTY-ROOT. Sepals and 

 petals distinct, subequal, converging. Lip unguiculate, 3-lobed, middle lobe 

 crenulate. Spur 0. Column free, anth. a little below the apex, pollinia 4, 

 lens-shaped. 1C Root a globous conn. Leaf 1, large, biennial. Scape after 

 the leaf, bracted, racemed, and brown, as in Corallorhiza. Fig. 263. 



A., hyemale N. Woods: rare. Corm near 1' diam., a new one each year. Leaf ellip- 

 tic-ovate, 35', green all Winter. Scape 12- -18', with a dozen brownish flowers. 



8. ONCIDIUM, Sw. Lip expanded, lobed, tubercled at base. Perianth 

 expanding. Sepals sometimes but 2. Column winged. Pollen masses 2, 

 each 2-lobed. U Splendid flowers, tropical, of easy culture in the green- 

 house. Flowers large, in open racemes, olive, yellow, &c. 



