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ringent. Lip adnate to the column, serrate at 
base, 3-lobed; lateral lobes very small. Col- 
umn semi-terete.—2¢. Aphyllous and without 
chlorophyll; flowers in spikes. 
1. OC. muLtirLora Nutt. Flowers calcarate; 
sepals greenish; lip white, dotted with red.— 
Crystal Springs. San Mateo. San Francisco 
[extinct]. Summer. 
2. OC. BicELovir Watson. Spur 0, sepals 
purple.—Tamalpais. Summer. 
5. Cypripedium L. Lany’s Supper. 
Anthers 2. Lip inflated.—2f. Flowers few 
or solitary. 
1. ©. montanum Dougl. Sepals brownish; 
lip pale, veined with purple.—Santa Cruz 
Mountains. Summer. 
Orper 2. EPIGYNA. Stamens free, 3 or 6. 
Ovary inferior, 
Family 1. IRIDACEZ. 
Stamens 3, opposite to the external segments 
of the perigonium; anthers extrorse. 
1, Sisyrinchium L. Bius-Eyep GRass. 
Divisions of the perigonium equal. Sta- 
mens monadelphous. Style- short; stigmas 38, 
filiform, involute, alternate with the stamens. 
Fruit a capsule, obovate. 
