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bracts of the raceme often much longer than the flowers ; sepals and pt-tals all 

 connivent, forming a galea above the column ; lip panduratp, apex strongly 

 recurved, callosities minute, globular. (Includes Gyrostachys strirta Hydb.f— 

 Swamps and moist soil, Nfd. to Alaska, s. to Ct., N. Y., the Great Lake region 

 S.D., Col., Utah, and Cal. July-Sept. (Ireland.) "^ ' 



9. EPIPACTIS [Haller] Boehm. Rattlesnake Plantain 



Lip saccate, ^vith a straight or recurved tip, sessile, entire, without callosities 

 at base. Upper sepal and the petals united into a hood over the lip. Anther 

 borne on the back of the short column ; pollen-masses 2, the narrow gland to 

 which they are attached held between the forked or 2-toothed beak which 

 terminates the column. — Root of thick fibres from a somewhat fleshy creeping 

 rootstock. Leaves all basal, dark green, or reticulate-veined with white. Scape*^ 

 raceme, and the whitish flowers glandular-downy. (Ancient Greek name of 

 Helleborus.) Peramium Salisb. Goodyera, R. Br. 



* Baceme loosely flowered; saccate lip with an elongated tip and' flaring or 



recurved margin. 



H- Flowers in a 1-sided raceme; anther short, blunt, or icith a short blunt tip; 

 beak shorter than the body of the stigma. 



1. E. repens (L.) Crantz. Stem 1-2.5 dm. high; leaves ovate to oblong- 

 lanceolate, 1-3 cm. long, 5-nerved with subhorizontal dark veins ; 

 raceme about 4.5 cm. long; perianth 4 mm. long; lip strongly 

 saccate, inflated, with a recurved tip. {Goodyera R. Br.) — 

 An old world species, represented in eastern N. A. by the follow- 

 ing variety. 



Var. ophioides (Fernald) A. A. Eaton. Generally a little 

 lower than the species ; veins of the leaves conspicuously bordered 

 with white. — Cold mossy woods, Nfd. to Man., s. to N. E., N. Y., 

 and Mich., and in the mts. to S. C. July, Aug. Fig. 627. 



H- t- Flowers mostly in a loose spiral ; anther acuminate ; beak as long as, or 

 longer than, the body of the stigma. 



2. E. tesselata (Lodd.) A. A. Eaton. Stem averaging 2 dm. high ; leaves 

 3-8 cm. long, ovate to oblong-lanceolate, extremely variable, faintly or some- 

 times conspiciiously penciled with white ; raceme about (> cm. 

 long; perianth 5 mm. long. (Goodyera Lodd.) — In upland 

 coniferous w^oods, iSfd. to Ont., s. to N. E. and N. Y. July, Aug. 



* * Baceme rather densely flowered, 1-sided; lip scarcely saccate, 

 elongated, with the margin involute. 



3. E. decipiens (Hook.) Ames. Stem stout, 3.5-4.5 dm. high ; 

 leaves 5-10 cm. long, ovate-lanceolate, dark green, plain or i>artly 

 reticulate-veined with white; raceme about 10 cm. long; peri- 

 anth 8-9 mm. long, anther ovate, long, acuminate ; slender beak 

 longer than the body of the stigma. — (Spiratithes Hook. ; Good- 

 yera Menziesii Lindl.) — Dry woods, e. Que. to B. C., s. to 

 N. S., N. B., n. Me., L. Hiu'on, and Ariz, and CaL July, Aug. 

 Fig. 628. 



* * * Baceme densely many-flowered; lip strongly saccate, with 



a short blunt tip, the margin not recurved or flaring. 

 4. E. pubescens (Willd.) A. A. Eaton. Stem stout, 1.5-4 

 dm. high ; leaves dark green, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 3-6.5 cm. 

 long with 5 or 7 white nerves and many fine white reticulating 

 veins; raceme about 7 (3-11) cm. long; perianth 4-5.5 mm. 

 long ; lip globose, ventricose ; anther blunt ; stigma with 2 short 

 teeth. {Goodyera R. Br.) —Common ; generally in dry coniferous woods, rarer 

 In deciduous woods, N E. to Fla. and Minn. Aug., Sept. Fig. 629. 



627. E. repens, 

 V. ophioides xl Vs. 



628. E. decipiens 

 X 12/3. 



E. pubescens 

 X 1%. 



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