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CORALLORHIZA muxrirrora. 
Many-flowered American Coralloraza. 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA.—Nart. Orv. ORCHIDE. 
Gen. Cuar.—Eabellum basi productum: calcare adnato vel libero. Co- 
lumna libera. Masse pollinis 4 oblique (nec parallele, Br.) 
Corallorhiza mudtiflora; aphylla, scapo multifloro (15-30) labello cu- 
neato-oyali tripartito recurvo maculato, caleare conspicuo adnato. 
Corallorhiza multiflora, NuTTALL, in Journ. of Acad. of Nat. Sc. of Phil. v. iti. 
p- 138. tab. 7. 
Corallorhiza innata, NutTau’s Gen. Am. v. ii- p. 197. 
Root composed of many large, much branched, yellowish, anastomosing 
and fleshy fibres, similar to that of our European €.innata, Stem about 
a foot high, of a reddish-purple colour, terete, jointed, leafless: im lieu 
_ of Jeaves it is furnished with large, cylindrical, somewhat inflated, 
sheathing, pale brownish scales, which, at the top, are cut down a little 
Way on one side. 
Flowers arranged in a rather loose terminal spike, about 20, erect, each 
subtended by a small scale or bractea, which is bifid or trifid at the 
point. The three outer segments of the perianth are moderately spread- 
ing, linear-lanceolate, dingy yellow, brown at the lips, united together 
' below; the two lateral lower ones of these unite at the base in front, and 
form a yellow sac or short spur, the back of which is adnate with the top 
of the germen: Two inner segments lanceolate-obtuse, yellowish-brown, 
somewhat connivent over the column. Lip about equal in length with 
the other segrgents of the perianth, pure white, of a nearly oval form, 
reflexed at the extremity, 3-lobed ; the two lateral lobes or teeth small, 
and sometimes dentieulate, the intermediate one large, with two ele- 
vated longitudinal ridges near the base, the margin crisped, and extre- 
mity notched: the whole is*more or less sprinkled with purple dots, 
especially at the base. 5 
Column of fructification semicylindrical, slightly eurved forward, terminated 
by the hemispherical, deciduous, operculiform anther. This Anther in- 
closes 4 ovate, deep yellow pollen-masses, which are united by their 
base to a pellucid oblong gland. Stigma subquadrate. Germen clavate, 
reddish-purple, erect, twisted at the base. 
= SOL. Tit. 
