MALAXIS OPHIOGLOSSIOIDES. 



ADDER-TONGUE MALAXIS. ONE-LEAVED MALAXIS. 

 Gynandria Mo?wgynia, Linn. Orchidex, Juss. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Petals 5, narrower than the lip, spreading or deflected. Lip flattened, undivided, 

 sessile, (mostly situate behind.) Column porrected. PoUiriia 4, parallel, affix- 

 ed to the summit of the stigma. Nutt. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



M. one leaf, ovate, amplexicaule ; scape five-angular, lip bifid at the apex. WiUd. 



SYNONYM. 



Malaxis unifolia, Mich. 



Root a double bulb, invested with a rugged sheath, and furnished 

 With a few radicles from the lower part. Stem four or iivc-angled, 

 erect, garnished with a foliaceous sheath near the root, and a single, 



