686 Ohdsr 138. — ORCHIDACE^. 



Plant 3 to 10' high, with 2 to 20 flowers. Lv9. 6 to 18" long, thin, the shsatl! 

 half scarioug. Sep. about 1 J" long. — Habit quite unlike any of tho foregoing 

 species. 



5. TIPULA'RIA, Nutt. (Tipula, tho CTunc-Qy ; from the fancied n- 

 semblance of the flowers.) Sepals spatulate, spreading ; petals lancc- 

 linear, lip sessile, 3-lobed, middle lobe linear, much the longest; spur 

 filiform, very long; column wingless, free; anther operculate, persist- 

 ent ; pollinia 4, parallel. — Corms several, connected by a thick fiber. 

 Lf. solitary. Fls. without bracts. 



1 T. discolor Nutt. A slender, green-flowered plant, resembling a CorallprhiM. 

 growing in pine woods, Vt., Mid. States to Ga. Earo northward. Lf. petiolato. 

 ovate, plaited, smooth, and longitudinally veined 2 to 3' long. Scape 10 to 15' 

 high, bearing a raceme of many small, greenish, nodding fls. Spur nearly twio« 

 ;i3 long as tho ovary. Manner of growth similar to that of Aplectrum. Jh 



6. CALYP'SO, Salisb. (Named for tho goddess Calypsd, from 

 K.aXv7TTCL), to conceal.) Sepals and petals subequal, ascending, secund ; 

 lip inflated, large, 2-pointed or spurred beneath uear the end; column 

 petaloid ; pollinia 4. — Scape 1-flowered, 1-leafed, arising from a corm. 

 C. borealis Salisb. A beautiful and interesting plant, in cold mossy bogs, Vt, N. 



N". Y., Can., but very rare. Scapo 6 to 8' high, bearing a single largo flower al 

 top and sheathed with several bracts. Lf broad-ovate, smooth veined, 1 to 2' 

 long. Fl. near the size of Cypripedium, variegated with purple and yellow, the 

 lip its most conspicuous part, bearing 2 projectihg points beneath the apex. May. 



7. BLETIA, Ruiz et Pav. (Named for Luis Blet, a Spanish bot- 

 anist.) Petals and sepals distinct, nearly equal ; lip sessile, cucullatc 

 by its induplicate side-lobes, spurless (in our species) ; column free ; 

 pollinia 8, in pairs, waxy, each pair pedicellate. — Sts. or scapes simple, 

 arising from globular corms and bearing a raceme or head of showy fls. 



1 B. aphylla Nutt. Leafless; scape tall, terete, bearing 3 to C short, sheathing 

 remoto bracts ; raceme long, loose, with ovate, acute, spreading bractlets ; fls. many, 

 much longer than then: pedicels ; lip divaricately veined ; spur none. — Car. to Ky., 

 Fla. and La^ A singular plant, in the borders of swamps, 15 to 30' high, the 

 thick stem tapering above. Sheaths about half an inch long. Sep. (brownish 

 purple) and pet. (yellowish brown) 8" long. Lip 3-lobed, mth 5 broad plaits cr 

 folds. Aug., Sept. 



2 B. verecunda If. K. Lvs. all radical, broadly lanceolate, plaited and promi- 

 nently veined ; scape ; scape tall, bearing a many-flowered raceme ; petals con- 

 nivent ; lip with divaricate veins and folds, tho side-lobes narrowed towards the 

 apex ; the middle crispate, emarginate, broader than long ; spur none.' — Ga. and 

 Fla. (Pursb.). Common in the W. Indies. Scapo 2 to 3f high. Fls. purple, 

 large and showy. Jn., Jl. 



8. CORALLORHrZA, Brown. Coral-root. (Gr. iiopdXXiov, coral, 

 pi^a, root ; its branched roots much resemble coral.) Sepals and petals 

 nearly equal, converging ; lip produced behind ; spur short and adnato 

 to the ovary, or none ; column free ; pollinia 4, oblique (not parallel), 

 I'ree. — Plants leafless, simple, of a brown color, arising from coralline 

 roots, sheathed with bracts and bearing a raceme. 



■ Spur conspicuously prominent, but adnate. Lip 8-lobe(l No. 1 



* Spin: wholly oblitcmted — Lip crenulate, wavy, not at all lobcd No. 2 



— Lip entire, slightly toothed near the base Nos. 8, 4 



1 C. multiflora Nutt. Scape many-flowered ; lip cuneate-oval, spotted ; 3-parted, 

 the middle lobe recurved, lateral ones short and car-like ; spur conspicuous, adnate ; 

 caps, elliptio-obovoid, pendulous. — In woods, growing on the roots of trees, N. 

 Eng. and Mid. States. Boot corallina. Scapo 10 to 15' high, leafless, brownie 



