304 82. ORCHIDACEA. 
2. Srratiores Linn. Water Soldier. 
1. S. aloides (L.); 1. swordshaped-triangular ciliate-spinous. 
—E. B. 379, R. 111.—Creeping extensively in the mud. L. 
numerous rigid like those of an aloe. Stalk compressed, 5 or 6 
in. high with 2 1. near its summit. Fl. white, delicate. The 
plant rises to the surface of the water to flower and sinks again 
afterwards.—Fen-ditches in the east of England; naturalized in 
Scotland. P. VII. 
3. Anacuaris Rich. 
+1. A. Alsinastrym (Bab.); 1. 3 in a whorl oval-oblong obtuse 
serrulate, (male fl. unknown,) fem. fl. with a tubular bifid spath 
many times longer than the sessile germen, sep. and pet. broad 
nearly equal, stigmas reflexed.—A. N. H. Ser. 2.1. t.8.—St. long, 
branching, whorls of leaves many and close together. Fl. sub- 
tended by a leaflike bract placed within the whorl of leaves. Fl. 
very small. Sep. tinged with green and pink externally, incurved, 
hooded, with a narrow diaphanous margin. Pet. flat, diapha- 
nous, recurved, oblong. Filaments at first curved outwards, 
their points placed under the hood of the sepals, afterwards erect, 
near, blunt, diaphanous. Anth.0. Stigmas recurved, linear, 
or deeply bifid. Sep. pet. and stigmas of about equal length. 
Style adnate on 3 sides to the tube.—In water. Possibly intro- 
duced from America where the same or closely allied species are 
found. Dunse Castle. Whiteadder River. S. Canals in the 
centre of England. Nottingham. P. VII.—IX. E. 8. 
Order LXXXII. ORCHIDACEA. 
Sep. 3, usually coloured. Pet. 3, 2 above, 1 below (lip) fre- 
quently lobed and spurred and unlike the others. Stam. 3, united 
in a central column, 2 lateral abortive, or (in Cypripedium) the 
middle one abortive. Pollen powdery or adhering in masses. 
Ovary 1-celled, inferior, with 3 parietal placentas. Style forming 
part of the column with the stam.; stigma a viscid space in front 
of the column. Caps. 3-valved. Seeds very numerous, minute. 
Testa loose, reticulated. 
Tribe I. OPHRYDINE AS. Pollen-masses in divisible lobes 
which are indefinite in number and waxy. Anthers wholly 
adnate. 
* Cells of the anther with a rostellate process between their bases. 
1. Orcuis. Perianth ringent, hooded. Lip 3-lobed, spurred. 
Glands of the stalks of the pollen-masses im a common pouch. 
