Obdeb 138.— ORCfflDACE^ 687 



purplo, sheathotl Tvith a fsw bracts. FI3. larger than in tlia other species, 15 to 

 20, erect, spreading, in a long raceme. Lip ahowy, 3 to 4" long, white, sprinkled 

 with purplo spots. Spur yellowish, conspicuous, but short and adnate to the 

 ovary. Jl. 



2 C odontorhiaa Nutt. Lip undivided, oval, obtuse, crenulate, spotted; spur 

 none ; capsule oblong or subglobous. — A singular plant, with no leaves or green 

 herbage, inhabiting old woods, Can. to Car. and Ky. The root is a collection of 

 small, fleshy tubers, articulated and branched much like coral. Scape 9 — 14' high, 

 rather fleshy, striate, smooth, invested with a few long, ptu-plish-brown sheaths. 

 Flowers 10 — 20, in a long spike, of a brownish-green. Lip white, generally with 

 purple spots. Capsules large, roflexed, strongly ribbed. Jl., Aug. 



3 C. innata R. Brown. Scape few-flowered ; lip oblong, angularly 2-U>othed towards 

 tlie iMst, spoUcss, deflexed above ; spur none or obsolete ; caps. cUiptic-obovoid, 

 roflexed. — Rich damp woods, N. States and Can., rare. Scape not bulbous at 

 base, 5 to 8' high. Ms. 5 to 10, dull purplo, with a white lip. May, Jn. 



4 C. Maorai Gray. Scape many-flowered ; fls. large, on very sliort pedicels ; lip 

 oval, obtuse, 3-nerved, entire above, obscurely auricled at base ; spur none. — " Canada, 

 along the !?rcat Lakes." Also ? Northern N. H. Plant 10 to 16' high. Sep. and 

 and pet. G" long. Caps, refle.xed, oval, 6" long. — Our specimens from Nor. N. H. 

 are 18' high, 20-flowerod, agreeing with Dr. Gray's description aa far as wo can 

 judge by tho fruit. 



9. APLEC'TRUM, Nutt. Adam and Eve. Putty-root. (Gr. a, 

 TrA^KTpov, a spnr ; the lip being without a spur.) Sepals and petals 

 distinct, nearly equal, converging ; lip unguiculatc, 3-lobed, obtuse, 

 middle lobe crenulate, palate ridged ; spur none ; column free, anther a 

 little below the apex ; pollinia 4, oblique, lenticular ! — Scape and 

 r;i«eme as in Corallorhiza, but arising from a globous corm after tho 

 single, large, coriaceous, biennial leaf. 



A. hyemale Nutt. A fine plant in woods. Can. to Fla., rare. Rather frequent 

 westward. The corms are near 1' thick, composed of strongly glutinous matter, 

 and connected by a thick liber. A new corm is produced annually, in advance 

 of the old, which dries up the second or third year. Leaf elliptic or ovate, 3 to 5' 

 long, many-veined, twice longer than the petiole, arising late in the season from 

 the new conn, remaining through the winter, until the scape (12 to 18' high) 

 arises by its side. Sheaths brov.-nish, 2 or 3. Perianth brownish, 6" long. 

 Caps, pendulous, 1' long. May. 



10. ffllCROS'TYLIS, Nutt. (Gr. jxiicpog, little, a-vXo^, style ; alluding 

 to the slender column.) Sepals spreading, distinct ; petals filiform or 

 linear, spreading; lip sessile, concave, spreading, hastate or bidentate at 

 base, not tubcrcled ; column minute, with 2 teeth or lobes at the sum- 

 mit; pollinia 4, loose, cohering by pairs in each cell. — Erect from tube- 

 rous bulbs, with 1 or 2 Ivs. and small, racemed fls. 



1 M. ophioglossoides Nutt. Lf. solitary, ovato, amplexicaul; st. 5-angled| 

 rac. short, obtuse; pedicels much longer than Hie flowers. — A small plant, in woods, 

 &c. Can. and N. States. Stem 5 — 9' high, with a single leaf a little below tho 

 middle. Tho leaf is rather acute, smooth, ovate or oval, about 2' in length, 1 in 

 width. At tho base of the stem is an abrupt sheath. Fls. whitish, minute, nu- 

 merous, in a terminal raceme an inch or more in length, dense at top, often 

 abortive. Pedicels about 4" long. Jn. (llalaxis, Mx.) • 



2 M. inonopll;$'llus Lindl. Lf. solitary, ovate, sheathing at base ; rac. elongated, 

 many-flowered, pedicels about as long as the flowers ; bracts minute; sep. acute, 

 spreading ; lateral petals reflexed, linear ; lip triangular-hastate, cucuUate, acum- 

 inate with a recurved point. — In shady swamps, N. Y., rare (Hadlej', Gray.) 

 Stem 2 to 6' high. 3-angled, with a snbspioate raceme of 20 to 40 small, greenish 

 Qu. Jl. (Malaxis, WiUd. Ophrya, L) 



