686 Oedek 138.— ORCHIDACB^. 



Plant 3 to 10' high, with 2 to 20 flowera Lvs. 6 to 18" long, thin, tho sheatli 

 half Bcarious. Sep. about 1 J" long. — Hahit quite unlike any of tho foregoing 

 species. ■ . 



5. TIPULA'RIA, Nutt. (Tipula, the cra.ne-&y; from the fancied re- 

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

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

 filiform, very long; column wingless, free; anther operculafe,' persist- 

 ent ; poUinia 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 Corallorhiza, 

 growing in pine woods, Vt., Mid. States to Ga. Rare northward. Lf. petiolatei 

 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 twice 

 as long as the ovary. Manner of growth similar to that of Aplectrum. Jh 



6. CALYP'SO, Salisb. (Named for the goddess Calypso, from 

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

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

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

 C. borealis Salisb. A beautiful and interesting plant, in cold mossy bogs, Tt, K 



IS. T., Can., but very rare. Scape 6 to 8' high, bearing a single larp;e flower at 

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

 long. !F1. near the size of Cypripedium, variegated with purple and yellow, the 

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



7. BLE^TIA, Kuiz et Pav. (Named for Luis Blet, a Spanish bot- 

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

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

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

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



1 B. apb;^lla Nutt. Leafless; scape tall, terete, bearing 3 to 5 short, sheathing 

 remote bracts ; raceme long, loose, with ovate, acute, spreading braotlets ; fls. many, 

 much longer than their 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, with 5 broad plaits or 

 folds. Aug., Sept. 



2 B. vereciinda H. K. Los. all radical, broadly lanceolate, plaited and promi- 

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

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

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

 Fla. (Pursh.). Common ki the W. Indies. Scape 2 to 3f high. Ms. purple, 

 large and showy. Jn., Jl. 



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

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

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

 J;o' tho ovary, or none ; column free ; polliiiia 4, oblique (not parallel), 

 free. — Plants leafless, simple, of a brown color, arising from coralline 

 roots, sheathed with bracts and bearing a raceme. 



*' Spur conspicuonsly prominont, but adnate. Lip 8-lohed No. 1 



* Spur wholly oblitornted— Lip ovonulate, wavy, not nt all lobed No. 2 



— Lip entire, slightly tO(tthed near tho base Nos. S, 4 



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

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

 caps. eUiptic-iObovoid, pendulous. — In woods, growing on the roots of trees, N. 

 Eng. and Mid. States. Root coralline. Scape 10 to 15' high, leafless, brownfeh- 



