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middle. Ijtavts cordate, nearly round. Flovsera in spikes or racemes; seg- 

 ments of the jwriatitn reflcctetf. Lip deeply i-cleft. C«/j*u/« oval. 



Greenish whne. 1| .May— June. l)amp soils. Southern Georgia 

 and Florida. 6-12 inches. 



Genus IV CRANICHIS. 



Segments of the periundi reflected. Lip vaulted. Polen 

 farinaceous. A/j//ifrj parallel witli the style, inserted beliind. 



1 C MuLTiFLORA. Stem pul)escent towards the summit. Radi/le leives 

 oval-lanceolate, glahrous, alternate at the base, on very short petioles ; cauline 

 leaves merely scales, sheathinij. Flourrs in a termmal spike, the exterior seg- 

 ments o{ the perianth lanceolate, pubescent on the oufcr surface, the 2 up- 

 per interior segments obliquely cnsilornv, connivant. Lip vaulted, compressed 

 at the inarijiiis, generally enclosing tlie column. Capsule triquetrous, taper- 

 ing to the base. 



Pale green. %. Sept. — Oct. Southern Georgia and Florida. 1-2 ft, 



Gexus V FOGONIA. 



Lip .«esslle, cticullate, crested internally, the remaining 5 

 s?ginents distinct, witliout glands, PoZ/en farinaceous. An- 

 thers terminal, persistent. 



1 P Ophioglossoides. Stem erect, with an oval-lanceolate leaf, and a fo* 

 liaceons bract near the Hower. Lip scarcely longer than the other seementS' 

 winged, fimbriate, with the centre thickened, with crested ridges, yiotvers 

 solitary, noddin<^. Column short, thick, solid. Anthers m a cavity at the sum- 

 rait of the column. 



Purple. % April — May. Damp soils, common. 10-15 in. 



2 P DivARicATA. 5/em erect, glabrous. LearM narrow, lanceolate, acute, 

 glabrous, one near the middle of the stem, the other at the summit. Flowers 

 solitary at the summit of the stem. The three exterior leaves of the perianth 

 linear-lanceolate, the two interior lanceolate, connivant, somewhat fleshy. 

 Lip 3-lol>ed, middle lobe longest, crested, ere nu late. Capsule furrowed. 



Purple. IX May. Damp soils 1-2 ft. 



3 P VERTICILI.ATA. Stem erect, glaucous. Leaves 5, verticillate, oblong- 

 lanceolate, cuneate. JVou-er* solitary at the summit of the stem. The three 

 exterior leaves of the perianth long-linear, the 2 interior lanceolate. Lip 

 rather short, 3.|obed, crested along the centre, the terminal lobe undulate. 

 Anthers 2-celled. 



Greenish. 11- May. Middle Carolina and Georgia. 12-18 in. 



GE.vrs VI CALLOPOGON. 



Five segments of the perianth distinct. Lip unguiculate, 

 the lamina Iwarded. Column free. Anther terminal. Pol- 

 len angular. 



1 C PuLCHEixis. .^/<^ erect, glabrous, naked. Z>are4 radicle, ensiform, 

 long, erect, gerjerally but 1. Flotrera in a terminal spike; segments of the 

 penanih lanceolate, the two lateral exterior ones oblique, the interior narrow- 

 er. Anihert in a small cavity at the summit of the column. 

 Purple. 4- June— July. In damp soils. 1^-18 in. 



Ge.'hts VII COROLLORHIZA. 



Segments of the perianth equal, connivant. Lip extended 



