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M li.-t meadows and banks, rare. Aug. Sleni 2 to 4 feet high, slightly winged. 

 Lwv s 4 to 8 inches long. Flowers large and very showy, violet-purple. Lip % 

 inch long, with minutely and variably toothed divisions. Spur 1% inch long. 



9. ARETHUSA, Gronov. Arethusa. 



Dedicated to the Nymph Arethusa. 



Flower ringent, with the lanceolate sepals and petals 

 nearly alike, uuited at the base, ascending and arching over 

 the column. Lip spreading towards the summit, bearded 

 inside. Column adherent to the lip below, dilated at the 

 apex. Pollen-masses granular, 2 in each cell of the lid- 

 Ivke terminal anther. — A beautiful low herb, with a sheathed 

 scape from a globular solid bulb, bearing a single large purple flow • 

 er, and a solitary, linear, nerved leaf 



A. bullosa, L. Bulbous Arethusa. 



Sphagnous swamps, rare. May. Scape 6 to 10 inches high, the lower part 

 ing 3 to 4 loosely sheathing scales, with lanceolate points, from the upper of whic. v i 

 there is often a linear-lanceolate leaf. F Lowers! to 2 inches long, very handsom •, 

 bright-purple. Lip yellow and white, bearded in the middle. 



10. POGONIA, Juss. Pogonia. 



Gr. pojon, a beard, from the bearded lip of the original species. 



Flowers irregular, the sepals and petals separate and 

 somewhat spreading. Lip crested or 2-lobed. Column 

 free, elongated, club-shaped, wingless. Anther terminal, 

 stalked, with 2 farinaceous pollen-masses, 1 in each cell. — - 

 Perennial herbs, with 1 to 5 -leaved stems, and purplish flowers. 



1. P. OPlilOGLOSSGlBES, Nutt. Adder' 's-tongue Pogonia. 



Root fibrous; stem bearing au oval or lanceolate, clasping leaf near the m 

 and a smaller leaf-like bract next the flower; lip spatulate, beard-crested and 

 fringed. 



Logs, common. June, July. Scape 8 to 12 inches high. Flowers mostly soli- 

 tary (sometimes 2 to 3), handsome, 1 inch long, pale-purple. 



2. P. terticillata, Nutt. Whorled Pogonia. 



Hoot of thick fibres; stem bearing a whorl of 5 oval or oblong-ovate point 

 sile leaves at the summit, 1-flowered; sejmls narrowly linear, twiee as long as the 

 oblong petals ; lip short, 3-lobed, the middle lobe wavy and crested . 



Bogs, rare, June. Scape about 12 inches high. Flowers mostly solitary ; the 

 sepals 2 inches long, brown ; petals paler and obtuse. 



11. CALOPOGOX, K. Brown. Calopogo* 



Gr. halos, beautiful, and pogon, beard; from the beard< ; 



Sepals and petals nearly alike, spreading, distinct. Lip 

 rather spreading, dilated at the summit, strongly bearded 

 along the upper side. Column free, winged at the apex 

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