ORCHID.'. 



Anther terminal, sessile; POLLEN-W fame in each 



cell). — Sc , sheathed > /he lase 



of the grass-like leaf, naked above bearing several >Jtov:y flower*. 



C. pulcuellus, R. Br. Grass rink. 



' linear, S to 10 inches lonj, sheathing the hase of 

 i igh, 2 to &-flowen ■'.. 1 iuch bread, pink-purple, fragrant. 



and ptt us ovate-lanceola. p beautifully bearded to« aling 



summit with white, yelluw, and purple cluvate bai 



12. SPIEANTfiES, Richard. Ladies' Thesses. 



Cr. speira, a coil or curl. anJ 



Spike spiral. Flowers somewhat ringent ; the lateral 

 la raihcr oblique at the base and nearly opposite the lip, 

 upper one cohering with i). Lip oblong, 



cave and embracing the column below, with 2 callous pro- 

 cesses at base. Column arching, obliquely short-stalked, 



fly with a 2-cleft beak. Anther d 

 2, club-shaped, affixed to a common gland. — J' kerbs. 



iv'th clustered tuberous roots sendin . r :pcs, bear- 



ing a spiral! !j twisted spilce of small white flowers, b tally, 



1. S. GRACILIS, Eigl. Slender Ladies Tr 



as; scape very slender, smooth, sheathed: 

 Ur, with the flowers in a e inted; 



itulaie-obkrag. 



lJi!';T wona? and ?an<lr pl:-.in=. July. Aug. . ^rith 



. " - ■ 



I white, 1-5 tc 



2. S. cernua. Richard. Nodding La 



Leaves radical, H i • into 



-: spike dense, mil I; lip 



oblong, furni>hed with 2 minute collositi. s at the base. 

 Wet grassy places, common. A112.— Oct. Scape C to 1 

 ek, 3 to 8 inches loi. . 

 trs white or ereaui-t i>iur. fra^.; 



13. GOODYERA, R. -Brown. Rattlesnake Plantain. 



D li sab i to Jt '. 



Flowers ringent. Calyx herbaceous, upper sepal 

 vaulted. Lip saccate at the base, sessile, over the 2 lower 

 sapals. Column small, straight. Pgllen-MASSES 2, con- 

 sisting of angular grains, loosely cohering by a manifest 

 web. — Perennial herbs, with a root of thick m a 



fleshy somewhat creeping root stock, bearing a tuft of Ihickish 

 cet'oled leaves next the ground, and small greeniih white flowers in 

 a *pikc on a slender scape* 



