ORCHIDAVHAE. HI 



(Li.)- Salem — Daietown (Wa.). Cape J'/<M/---Tuckahoe (Ja.) (Ke.), 

 near Cape May, very common (St.). Atlantic— Pleasant Mills, Mart. (B. 

 C), Hammonton (Je.) (Re.) (Sa.), Egg Harbor (Pr.). Ocean— Forked 

 River (Ja.) (Mac), Toms River (Ke.), Point Pleasant, very common 

 (St.), Whiting's (Wn.). 



10. LIMODORUM L. 

 1. Limodorum tuberosum L. Calopogon: M. p. 298. Bogs. Summer. 

 Montgomery — Willow Grove (Mac), Edge Hill (Re.). Delaware — 

 Rhoads' Swamp (Fu.), Tinicum, Dr. Geo. Smith (B. Sm.). Chester— 

 Westtown (W. Tr.). Lancaster— Pleasant Grove (Ca.), in many places 

 (Pr.). Lehigh— Salsburg (Kr.). Northampton— (P.). 

 New Jersey— General. 



New Castle— Thompson's, Ashley, Ogletown, Batten's, Kiamensi. Not 

 rare. 



11. GYROSTACHYS Pers. Ladies' Tresses. 



Flowers 3-ranked; stems not twisted, or but slightly so. 



Spike short, about 5 cm. long, 8-10 mm. thick; callosities none, or mere 

 thickenings of the basal margins of the lip. 1. G. plantaginea, 



Spike 10-15 em. long, 12-20 mm. thick; callosities nipple-shaped. 



2. G. cernua. 

 Flowers merely alternate, appearing secund from the spiral twisting, of the 

 stem. 

 Stem leafy; lower leaves elongated, mostly persistent through the 



flowering season. 3. G. praecox. 



Stem a scaly scape ; leaves basal, mostly withering before the flowering 

 season. 

 Root a single tuber; spike about 2.5 cm. long. 4. G. simplex. 

 Root a cluster of tubers; spike 2-7 cm. long. 5. G.' gracilis. • 



1. Gyrostachys plantaginea (Raf.) Britton. M. p. 300. Moist banks. 



Summer. 



Bucks— Andalusia, Mart. (B. C), Point Pleasant (Ws.). Montgomery 

 — Shannonville (Cr.). Lancaster— (P.). Northampton— Near Easton, 

 Porter (He.). 



New Castle— Holly Oak, Commons and Canby; Pleasant Hill, Commons 

 and Tatnall. Rare. 



2. Gyrostachys cernua (L.) Kuntze. M. p. 300. Wet places. Late sum- 



mer and fall. 



3. Gyrostachys praecox (Walt.) Kuntze. M. p. 300. GTassy places. 



Summer. 



Delaware— Collingdale, H. C. Barker (B. C), Swarthmore (Pr.). Lan- 

 caster— (P.) . 



Burlington— Quaker Bridge (C), Brown Mills (Sts.). Camden— Clem- 

 enton (Ja.). Gloucester— Near Mickleton (He.), Swedesboro (Li.). Cape 

 May— Avalon (Ke.), Anglesea (Li.), Cape May (Sa.), Wildwood Beach 

 (Wn.). Atlantic— Hammonton (Ja.), Absecon (U. C. S.). 



New Castle— Collins, Canby, and frequent elsewhere. 



4. Gyrostachys simplex' (A. Gray) Kuntze. M. p. 300. Dry, sandy soil 



Late summer. 

 Bucks— Tullytown (Cr.), Penn Valley (Ja.). Lav caster— {P.). 



