TtYNANDMA MONANDltIA *505 



d oran rr C -colorcd clavate hairs ; the column at the lower side of the flower, de- 

 linine <rom the base of, and nearly as long as, the lip, the summit curved upwards, 

 •and winged on each side with a dilated semi-rhomboid margin. Capsule elliptic- 

 or lance-ovoid, smooth. 

 jfab. Swamps, in the Mica-slate : not common. Fl. June— July. Fr. August. 



Obs This elegant plant, which was first collected, here, by Mr. Joseph Jacobs, 

 has been since found, by D. Townsend, Esq. in the swamp at the head of Chester 

 Treek West Chester,— and is sometimes abundant in a few of the Mica-slat* 

 -swamps; but it is by no means generally distributed thTough the County. It is 

 the only ascertained species of the genus :— though there is a narrow-leaved vari- 

 ety (var. graminifolia, Ell) in the South, which I have received from my friend 

 the Rev. M. A. Curtis,— and which may be, as Mr: Elliott supposed, specifically 

 distinct. 



* jj # Pollen coheriiig in ivaxy masses , -which are pedicellate, -with 

 viands at the base of the pedicels. Anthers of two distinct vertical 

 4:ells near the top of the column. 



404. ORCHIS. L. Xutt. Gen. 706. 

 [An ancient Greek name of the plant.] 



Perianth ringent. Lip broad, entire, spurred at base on the under 

 side. Pollinia pedicellate ; glands of the pedicels contained in orre 

 common little pouch. 



1. 0. spectabilis, L. Leaves 2, radical, elliptic; scape angular, 

 naked, few-flowered ; bracts longer than the flowers ; spur clavate, rather 

 shorter than the ovary. Beck, Bot. p. 347. 

 'O. humilis. Mx. Jim. 2. p. 155. Also, Pers. Syn. 2. p. 506. 



Showy Orchis. Vulgo — Priest in the Pulpit 



Root perennial, of coarse fleshy fasciculate fibres. Leaves usually a single p*ir 

 at the root, or base of the scape, 3 to 5 inches long, and 2 to 3 or 4 inches wide, 

 varying from elliptic-oblong to sub-orbicular, somewhat fleshy, smooth, bluish- 

 green, narrowed at base to a short sheathing petiole,— the petioles embraced byl 

 or 2 membranaceous sheaths. Scape 4 to 6 or 8 inches high, 5-angled, smooth. 

 Flowers few (4 to 6 or 8) and rather distant, in a terminal spike, which appear* 

 leafy from the large oblong-lanceolate foliaccous bracts. Segments of the perianth 

 cucullately connivent, pale bluish-purple,— the lip and spur white ; lip broad- 

 ovate, entire ; spur enlarged at apex, obtuse. Capsule elliptic, acuminate, smooth- 

 ie. Rich woodlands: frequent. Fl. May. Fr. August. 



Obs. A handsome iittlo plant. The genus has been so cut down, and dividtd, 

 that I believe this is the only species now left to it, in the U. States. 



405. PLATANTHERA. Rich. Lindl. Ency. p. 748. 

 {Greek, Platys, broad, and Anthera, an anther ; from th* width of that organ. 3 



Perianth vaulted. Lip narrow, entire, spurred at base. CelU of the 

 anther widely divided at their base by the broad interposed ttigma. 

 rPollinia pedicellate ; glands of the pedicels naked. 



1. P. orbiculjlta, Lindl. Leaves 2, radical, orbicular; scape with 

 2 or 3 bract-like leaves, many-flowered ; bracts shorter than the flowers ; 



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