246 MONOCOTYLODENOUS. 



Genus XII TIPULARIA. 



Segments of the perianth spatulate, expanding. Lip en- 

 tire, sessile, spurred at the base. Column free, wingless, ex- 

 tended forward. Anther persistent. Pollen masses 4, par- 

 allel. 



1 T Discolor. Root bulbous, concatinated. Leaf solitary, ovate; petio- 

 late, plaited, glabrous. Flowers in a terminal raceme, nodtling, mmute. 

 Opercuhim, furnished with 2 auxiliary valves, closing the masses of the pollen. 

 Greenish. % August. Pine barrens. 



Genus XIII EPIDENDRIJM. 



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

 bed 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 CoNOFSEUM. Root fibrous, adhering to the barks of trees, branches 

 short, alternate. Leaves lanceolate, acute, succulent, entire, generally 2 on 

 each branch, sheathing at the base. Flowers in a terminal raceme ; exterior 

 segments of the perianth lanceolate, the interior cuneate, smaller. Anther 

 operculate. 



Yellow, tinged with purple. Aug.— Sept. On the barks of trees along 

 the sea coast of Car. anc3 Ga. 



Genus XIV BLETIA. 



Leaves of the perianth distinct. Lip sessile, cucullate, some- 

 times spurred. Column free. Pollen masses 4-8, 2.1obed. 



1 B Vekecunda. Leaves radicle, lanceolate, plaited, broad ; scape many 

 flowered. Lip ventricose, the border emarginate, furrowed, the interior 

 segments connivant. 



% July — Aug. Southern Ga. and Flor. 



2B Aphtlla. >S/em erect, simple, scaly. Leaves none. i^Zoujers in spikes, 

 numerous, pendulous. Lip emarginate, crested along the center, the other 

 segments connivant, oblong-lanceolate. 



Brown, streaked with purple. % August — Sept. On the margins of 

 swamps. 1-2 ft. 



Genus XV MALAXIS. 



Segments of the perianth expanding, resuplnate. Lip ses- 

 sile, entire flattened. Column winged. Pollen masses 4, be- 

 coming waxy. 



1 M LiLiiFOLiA. Leaves 3, radicle, oval-lanceolate, glabrous; scape 3 

 angled. Flowers numerou-, in a terminal raceme, the exterior segments of 

 the perianth acute, the 2 interior filiform, reflexed. Lip obovate, concave, 

 acute at the summit. 



White and yellow. % June — July. Upper Dist. Car. &, Ga. 6-8 in. 



2 M Ophioglosoides. Stem erect, with a single leaf near the middle. 

 Leaf ovate, amplexicaule. Flowert numerous, in a termiiml raceme, small. 

 Lip erect, concave, cucullate, bi-dentate, the other segments connivant, the 

 two interior filiform. Column minute. 



Greenish white. % May — June. Mid. and upper Dist. Car. & Ga. 6-9in. 





