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1. G. PUBESCENS, E,. Brown. Rattlesnake Plantain 



Lents radical, ovate, conspicuously retieulated and blotched with ■■ 

 sheathed, with numerous flowers in a crowded spike: lip inflated with an abrupt 

 ovate apex; stigma rounded at ths fuaimit. 



Rich woods. July, An . o 12* inches hiph. Z>aws 1 to 2 inches loop 



contracted at ba e into a winged petiole, scarcely fialf as long, dark green, reined 

 with white. Flowers whitish, in a terminal oblong spike. 



2. ss, E. Brown. Smaller Battlesncrfce Plantain 



Small an-! WS ovate-lanceolate, somewhat reticulated with white'' 



flowers Several in a loose 1-sided spike; Up inflated, with an oblong obtuse apex; 

 siiffina distinctly 2-toothed. 



Rich woods, under evergreens, and on mountains. Aug. S.vrc G to S lachca 

 high. Leaves 1 inch long." Flowers greenish-white. 



1-1. LISTERIA, R. Brown. Twayblabe. 



In honor of r, as eminent British botanist. 



Sepals and petals nearly alike, spreading or reflexed. 

 Lip mostly drooping, longer than the sepals, 2-lobed or 

 2-cleft. Column wingless: stigma with a rounded beak. 

 ANTHER dorsal, ovate : POLLEN-MASSES powdery, in 2 

 masses, joined to a minute gland. — Perennial herbs, 

 fibrous roots, the stem bearing a pair of opposite sessile leaves in the 

 middle, and a spike or raceme of greenish or brownish purple small 

 Jluwers, 



1. L. AUSTRALIS, Liudl. Ticer/Jade. 



cs ovate; raceme loose and slender; flowers very small, on pedicels tfwi 

 length of the ovary; Up linear, slightly sagittate at the ease. 3 or i times as long 

 as the sepals, 2-parti lii isiona linear- setaceous. 



Damp thickets, rare. June. Plant 4 to inches high, leaves % inch 

 Flowers small. purplL-h on mi ; 



2. L. CON'VALLABIOIDES, Hook. Large Ticayhlade. 

 Leaves oval-roundish, some times somewhat cordate at base, often acute ; raceme 



loose, pubescent ; flowers on slender pedicels; ftp wedge-oblong, 2-lobed, at the 

 spreading apex, and 1-toothed on each side at the ba;e; sepals narrowly lanceolate, 

 Bpreading, twice as long as the lip. 



Damp mossy woods, rare. June. S/nn very slender, 5 to 10 inches high, sh ! 

 with a few bracts. Leaves nearly 1 inch long, y" z aj wide. Flmucrs dark brown 

 and green, the purplish lip nearly V., inch long. 



15. CYPRIPEDIU3I, Linn. Lady's Slipper. 



Gr. Kupros, Venus, and pod ion, a sock or slipper. 



Sepals spreading; the 2 anteriar distinct, or commonly 

 united into one under the lip. Petals similar but usually 

 narrower, spreading. Lip a large inflated sac, somewhat 

 slipper-shaped. Column short, o-lobed, the middle lobe 

 dilated and petaloid ; the lateral bearing a 2-celled anther. 



