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Wet meadows in the mountains: high Sierra Nevada to Mt. Shasta and 

 southward to Marin Co. and San Francisco. 



2. S. porrifolia Lindl. Similar in habit to the preceding; stems 1 ft. high 

 or nmrc; flowers smaller and spike narrower; perianth 3 lines long; callous 

 protuberances at base of lip nipple-like and pointing downward. 



Marin Co. ace. to Behr; upper Sacramento Valley, east side (Theo. 

 Hartweg.) 



5. GOODYERA K. Br. Rattle-snake Plantain. 



Scapes erect, bearing a few sheathing scale-like leaves, a terminal spike, 

 and at base a cluster of petioled white-reticulated leaves. Rootstock creeping, 

 with fleshy roots. Flowers white, similar to Spiranthes. Lateral sepals free, 

 the upper one united with the petals into an erect galea. Lip sac-shaped, 

 sessile, entire and without callous thickenings at base. Anther without a lid. 

 (John Goodyer, British botanist.) 



1. G. menziesii Lindl. Plants 11 to 15 in. high, glandular-pubescent, espec- 

 ially the scapes and inflorescence; leaves thickish, rosulate, oblong-ovate, acute 

 at both ends, reticulated with white or light-colored veins or markings, l 1 /^ to 

 2y 2 in. long, on petioles % to % in. long; flowers 3 or 4 lines long; spike about 

 5 in. long. 



Woods near the coast from Marin Co. northward. Sierra Nevada. 



6. CALYPSO Salisb. 



Low herb with a corm and coral-like roots. Stem scape-like, 1-flowered, 

 sheathed by a few scale-like leaves and with a single petioled leaf at base. 

 Flowers large, showy, terminal, bracted. Sepals and petals similar and equal; 

 lip sac-like, with 2 short spurs below the expanded apex. Column broadly 

 winged, almost oval, concave, and petal-like; anther hemispherical, borne just 

 below the summit, opening by a lid. (The nymph Calypso in Homer.) 



1. C. borealis Salisb. Calypso. Stem 4 or 5 in. high, the sheathing scales 

 1 to 2 in. long; leaf ovate, cordate or truncate at base, 1}4 to 2% in. long; 

 petioles % to 1*4 in. long; flower on a drooping pedicel; sepals and petals 

 rose-purple, sometimes pale, linear-lanceolate, 9 lines long; lip as long or 

 slightly longer, ovate-inflated, reddish brown and mottled, the terminal ex- 

 panded portion with 3 hairy ridges at base running towards the spurs. 



Bogs or in leaf-mold in Redwood forests from Mt. Tamalpais along the coast 

 northward to Washington, thence far eastward. Abundant at Cazadero and 

 believed by the country people to be increasing rapidly. Flowers resembling 

 those of the Lady's Slipper. (Of. Erythea, v, 104.) 



7. CORALLORHIZA R. Br. Coral-root. 

 Brownish or yellowish saprophytes or parasites, destitute of green herbage, 

 and with branching toothed coral-like roots. Stems scape-like, the leaves 

 reduced to scales, and bearing the flowers in a terminal raceme. Perianth- 

 segments oblong or lanceolate, nearly alike, ours 3-nerved. Lateral sepals 

 united at base with the foot of the column, forming a short spur which 

 is adnate to the summit of the ovary. Lip 1 to 3-ridged. Column 2-edged, 

 slightly incurved. Anther terminal, opening by a lid. Pollen masses 4, soft- 

 waxy. Capsules reflexed. (Creek korallion, coral, ami rhi/a, root.) 



Perianth 3 or 4 lines long, the lateral sepals spurred at base; lip 3-lobed, the middle lobe 



largest 1. C. multiftora. 



Perianth 6 lines long; spur none; lip entire 2. C. bigelovii. 



