TAWNY THRUSH. 365 



Habevaria laceka, Brown. Orchis lacera, Mich. Flor. Amer. vol. ii. p. 156. 



Pursh, Flor. Amer. Sept. vol. ii. p. 586 Gynandria Monandria, Linn. Or- 



CHiDE^E, Juss Fig. 1. of the plate. 



This beautiful Habenaria is characterized by having the lip of the 

 corolla elongated and tripartite, \vith narrow segments, the spur filiform, 

 and of the length of the ovarium, and the flowers alternate. The stem is 

 about a foot in height, leafy ; the lower leaves ovate, the vipper gradually 

 narrower ; the large loose spike is composed of numerous pale pink 

 flowers. It grows in moist meadows. 



CoHNUs CANADENSIS, Wtlld. Sp. PI. vol. i. p. 661. Pursli, Flor. Amer. Sept, vol. i. 

 p. 107 — Tetrandria Monogynia, Linn Fig. 2. of the plate. 



The plate represents the aggregated bright red globular berries, and 

 ovate-acute leaves of this pretty little plant, which is abundant in shady 

 woods and in mountainous situations in the Middle and Northern States, 

 as well as in the British provinces. 



