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ORCHIDACE.E. 



TlPULARIA. 



Tribe II. VANDEJE. Lindl. 



Pollen cohering in waxy masses. Caadicles separating along with the gland of the stigma, 

 and adhering closely to the pollen-masses. Anther terminal, rarely dorsal, opercular. 



5. TlPULARIA. Nutt. gen. 2. p. 195 ; Lindl. Orchid, p. 262. CRANE-FLY ORCHIS. 



Anthericlis, Raf. <J- Endl. 



Sepals obovate-spatulate, spreading. Petals lanceolate-linear. Lip oblong, sessile, 3-lobed ; 

 the intermediate lobe elongated, with a filiform spur at the base. Column wingless, free. 

 Anther 2-celled, operculate. Pollen-masses 4, parallel : caudicle linear : glands small, 

 transverse. — Pseudobulbs several, connected by a thick fibre. Leaf solitary, plicate. 

 Flowers nodding, in a loose raceme, without bracts. 



J. Tipularia discolor, Nutt. Crane-fly Orchis. 



Nutt. I. c. ; Ell. sk. 2. p. 502 ; Torr. compend. p 321 ; Lindl. Orchid. I. c. Orchis 

 discolor, Pursh, fi. 2. p. 586. Limodorum unifolium, Muhl. cat. p. 84. 



Pseudobulbs connected horizontally. Leaf about two inches long, ovate, petiolate, strongly 

 nerved. Scape 10-15 inches high, slender. Raceme few-fiowered ; the flowers greenish 

 with a tinge of purple. Pedicels slender. Sepals about the length of the petals. Lip nearly 

 as long as the petals, the middle lobe linear-oblong : spur slender, nearly twice as long as 

 the ovary. Column erect, semiterete. Lid of the anther deciduous. 



Parma, Monroe county (Dr. Bradley). Fl. July. This singular plant has a wide range 

 in the Atlantic States. Its northern limit, so far as I know, is Martha's Vineyard, where 

 (I believe) it was found by Mr. Oakes. It has been detected at Deerfield, Massachusetts, by 

 Prof. Hitchcock. 



Tribe III. OPHRYDEjE. Lindl. 



Pollen cohering in numerous waxy grains, which are collected on a cobweb-like tissue, and 

 fixed to the glands of the stigma. Anther terminal, erect or resupinate, persistent, with 

 complete cells. 



6. ORCHIS. Linn. ; Lindl. Orchid, p. 258. ORCHIS. 



[An ancient Greek name for plants of this genus.] 



Lip with a spur at the base underneath. Pollen-masses pedicellate, the glands at the base 

 of the pedicels contained in one common little pouch. — Flowers showy, in spikes. 



1. Orchis spectabilis, Linn. Showy Orchis. 



Leaves 2, radical, elliptical-obovate, obtuse; scape few-flowered; bracts large and foliaceous, 



