GYNAXDRIA MONANDKIA 508 



Ophioolossum-likb Pogoxia. 



JW ncrennial, of long coarse subfasciculate fibres. Scape 9 to 12 or 15 inchei 

 h slender smooth, wilh a short membranaceous sheath at base,-near the 



mie a solidary sessile oval-lanceolate leaf, which is 1 to 4 inches long, and I 



• 1 >f an inch to an inch wide, and near the summit, or at the base of the flower, 



* 11 leaf like bract /-sometimes, though rarely, a solitary slender oblanceulate 



a T a / leaf 3 or 4 inches in length. Flower mostly solitary, terminal, rather 



l C °red or pale purple. Segments of the perianth lance-oblon?, rather obtuse, 



^l^'aWof the same size and color, distinct and somewhat spreading ; lip spat- 



.. C bU>n" created with beard-like processes on the upper side, and fringed on 

 ^^raltt. Column thick, much shorter than the lip. Capsule elliptic-oblong, 



smooth- 



// b Swamps, in the Mica-slate : not very common. Fl. June— July. Fr. Aug. 



(lbs This occurs in the swamps of the Mica-slate range ; but is rather scarce' 

 I here. j t wa8 fi r8 t collected, in this County, by Mr. Joseph Jacobs. 



2 P. terticillata, jYutt. Scape with a verticil of 5 clliptic-obo- 

 rate leaves at summit ; segments of the perianth unequal, the 3 outer 

 ones very long and sublinear ; lip 3-lobcd, the middle lobe dilated, un- 

 dulate. Beck, Bot.p. 345. Icojr, Bart. Jim. 2. tab. 67. 

 Arethusa verticillata. WUhL S/;. 4. p. 81. Muhl. Catal. p. 81. 

 Pursh, Am. 2. p. 591. BigeU Bost. p. 325. 

 Jho, A. medeoloides. Pursh, l. c. 

 Vkrticillate Pogonia. 



Root perennial, of several long coarse fleshy subfasciculate fibres, which extend 

 horizontally near the surface of the ground. Scape $ to 15 inches high, succulent, 

 terete, smooth, of a dingy purple color, and somewhat glaucous, mostly with 1 or 

 2 lance-oblong sessile scales at base. Leaves mostly 5, 1 to 3 inches long, and 3 

 fourths of an inch to near 2 inches wide, varying from ovate to broad-oval, and 

 obovate, acute at each end, often with a short abrupt acumination,smooth, sessile, 

 alternate, but crowded into a verticil at the summit of the scape. Flower mostly 

 solitary, terminal, pedunculate, somewhat nodding,— the 3 outer segment* of the 

 perianth of a greenish hrown, or dingy purple, and half an inch to 2 and a half 

 inches Ion?, lance linear, attenuated, the margins involute towards the apex, the 

 Inner segments paler, lance-oblong, or oblanceolate, obtuse, connivent, scarcely I 

 third the length of the outer ones. Lip shorter than the inner segments of the 

 perianth, papillosely crested along the centre, margined, the margins inflected. 

 Column shorter than the lip, incurved, subclavate. Capsule elliptic-oblong, 

 smooth, an inch to an inch and half in length, erect on a clavate striate-sulcate 

 peduncle about as long as the capsule. 

 hob. Moist woodlands : frequent. Fl. May— June. Fr. July- August. 



Obs. The whorled leaves of this species give it much of the habit of Qyrorm*, 

 Toe long slender outer segments of the perianth remind one of the beards of a 

 tat fish. There is one other species, in the Southern States. 



402. TRIPHORA. JYutt. Gen. 713. 

 [Abbreviated from the Gr. lYianthophoros ; literally, bearing three flowers.] 



Perianth with the segments distinct, equal and connivent. Zip tin- 

 guiculate, not created. Column spatulate, flat, without wing*. Pollen 

 farinaceous. 





