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3. C. spectab'ii.e, (>alis.) Stem leafy. Leaves ovate-lanceohite, 

 plaited, entire, pubescent, sheathing at the base. Flowers 2 — 3, large ; 

 outer segments broad, oval, the two interior linear-lanceolate, white ; 

 lobe of the style white, with red spots. Lip longer than the petals, 

 cleft in front. — White and purple. 1£. May — June. Mouutaius. 2 

 —3 feet. 



4. C. nu'iiiLE, (Salis.) Ste7n pubescent. Leaves lanceolate, nerved, 

 pubescent. Floicers solitary. Lip large, cleft in front, pubescent; the 

 outer segments brownish-purple, the interior narrower and twisted. — 

 Purple, striped. 2f.. May — June. Kocky soils. Middle and upper 

 Car. and Geo. 6 — 12 inches. 



Ge>-i-s XYL— EPIDEN'DRUM. L. 18—1. 

 (From the Greek epi, upon, and dendron, a tree.) 



Segments of the perianth spatulate, expanding. Lip 3-lobed 

 at the summit, the middle segment obtuse. Column with the 

 lip united into a tube. Pollen masses 4, parallel, divided by 

 persistent partitions. 



1. E. coxop'seum, (Ait.) Root fibrous, adhering to the barks of trees ; 

 branches short, alternate. Leaves lanceolate, acute, succulent, entire, 

 generally two on each branch, sheathing at the base. Flowers in a 

 terminal raceme ; exterior segments of the perianth lanceolate, the in 

 terior cuneate, smaller. Anther operculate. — Yellow, tinged with pur- 

 ple. Aug. — Sept. On the barks of trees along the sea-coast of Car. 

 and Geo. 



Order CXXHL— MARAXTA'CE^ or CAXXA'CE^E. 

 (Arrow-root Family '.) 



Sepals 3, superior, short. Corolla tubular, irregular, in two 

 whorls ; the outer 3-parted, nearly equal, the inner irregular. 

 Stamens 3, with only one fertile petaloid. Ovary 3-celled ; 

 ovules solitary and erect, or numerous. Style petaloid or 

 swollen. Fruit capsular. Seed round. Embryo straight, 

 Herbaceous plants, with creeping roots. Leaves simple, sheath- 

 ing. Flowers spathaceous. 



Gexcs I.— CAN'XA. L. 1—1. 

 (Celtic name for a cane.) 



Calyx 3-leaved, superior. Corolla with a long tube, the 

 margin 6-parted ; the three exterior segments reflexed, two of 

 the inner ones obovate, undulate, the other one very large ; 

 margin reflexed, nearly round. Style ensiform. Stigma lin- 

 ear, attached to the margin of the style. Capsule globose, 3- 

 celled, 3-valved, many-seeded. 



1. C. plac'cida, (Rose.) Stem glabrous, terete. Leaves alternate, 

 lanceolate, large, membranaceous, glabrous, with a long sheath at the 



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