POGONIA OPHIOGLOSSOIDES. 



ADDER'S TONGUE POGONIA. 



Gynandria Monogyma, Linn. Orchidese, Juss. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Petals J, distinct, without glands. Lip sessile, cucullate, internally crested. Pollen 

 farinaceous. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Root fibrous; scape distantly 2-leaved ; leaves oval-lanceolate; lip fimbriated. 

 mild, and Pursh. 



Root horizontal, perennial, consisting of carnose fibres. Stem 

 erect, from eight to ten inches high, terete, smooth, furnished with a 

 single lanceolate, three-nerved, sub-obtuse leaf about midway of its 

 length, the base of which sheathes the stem. Flower mostly solitary, 

 sometimes there is a pair, terminating the stem, and garnished by 

 a linear-lanceolate, sub-obtuse bract, which might be considered a 



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