272 ORCHIDACEJi:. • Tipularia. 



Tribe II. YANDEX. Lindl. 



Pollen cohering in waxy masses. Caudicles separating along with the gland of the stigma, 

 and adhering closely to the pollen-masses. Anther terminal, rarely dorsal, opercular. 



5. TIPULARIA. Nutt. gen. 2. p. 195 ; Lindl. Orchid, p. 262. crane-fly ORCHIS. 



Anthericlis, Raf. tf- Endl. 



Sepals obovate-spalulate, spreading. Petals lanceolate-linear. Lip oblong, sessile, 3-lobed ; 

 the intermediate lobe elongated, with a filiform spur at the base. Column wingless, free. 

 Anther 2-celled, operciilate. Pollen-masses 4, parallel : caudicle linear : glands small, 

 transverse. — Pseudobulbs several, connected by a thick fibre. Leaf solitary, plicate. 

 Flowers nodding, in a loose raceme, without bracts. 



1. Tipularia discolor, Nutt. Crane-Jly Oichis. 



Nutt. I. c. ; Ell. sk. 2. p. 502 ; Toit. compend. p 321 ; Lindl. Orchid. I. c. Orchis 

 discolor, Pursh, fl. 2. p. 586. Limodorum unifolium, Muhl. cat. p. 84. 



Pseudobulbs connected horizontally. Leaf about two inches long, ovate, petiolate, strongly 

 nerved. Scape 10 - 15 inches high, slender. Raceme few-flowered ; the flowers greenish 

 with a tinge of purple. Pedicels slender. Sepals about the length of the petals. Lip nearly 

 as long as the petals, the middle lobe linear-oblong : spur slender, nearly twice as long as 

 the ovary. Column erect, semiterete. Lid of the anther deciduous. 



Parma, Monroe county {Dr. Bradley). Fl. July. This singular plant has a wide range 

 in the Atlantic States. Its northern limit, so far as I know, is Martha's Vineyard, where 

 (I believe) it was found by Mr. Oakes. It has been detected at Deerfield, Massachusetts, by 

 Prof. Hitchcock; 



Tribe III. OPHRYDEjE. Lindl. 



Pollen cohering in numerous waxy grains, which are collected on a cobweb-like tissue, and 

 fixed to the glands of the stigma. Anther terminal, erect or resupinate, persistent, with 

 complete cells. 



6. ORCHIS. Linn. ; Lindl. Orchid, p. 258. orchis. 



[An ancient Greek name for plants of this genus.] 



Lip with a spur at the base underneath. Pollen-masses pedicellate, the glands at the base 

 of the pedicels contained in one common little pouch. — Flowers showy, in spikes. 



\. Orchis spectabilis, Linn. Shoicy Orchis. 



Leaves 2, radical, elliptical-obovate, obtuse; scape few-flowered; bracts large and foliaccous, 



