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ORCHID/VCEiE. 



Spiranthes. 



3. Spiranthes plantaginea. Lady 's-tr -esses. 



Entirely smooth ; leaves mostly radical, oblong-lanceolate, 3 - 7-nerved ; scape somewhat 

 succulent, with 2-3 nearly leafless sheaths ; spike loosely spiral ; bracts lanceolate, the 

 lower ones equalling the flowers, which are slender and recurved-cernuous ; lip oblong, 

 obtuse, crenulate on the margin, about 5-nerved. — S. aestivalis, Oahes in cat. Vermont, pi. 

 p. 28 (not of Rich). Neottia plantaginea, Raf. in Amer. month, mag. 2. p. 206. N. cernua, 

 var, ? latifolia, Torr. compend. p. 320. N. (Gyrostachys) lucida, H. H. Eaton in Transylv. 

 jour. med. March, 1832. S. cernua, var.? latifolia, Torr. in geol. report of N. York, 1841. 



Root consisting of oblong fascicled tubers. Leaves 3-4, radical or nearly so, 2-4 

 inches long and 4-8 lines wide, rather acute, smooth and shining. Scape 5-10 inches 

 high, with 2-3 sheaths which are produced into short linear leaves. Spike about 2 inches 

 long. Flowers intermediate in size between those of the two preceding species. Petals and 

 sepals white. Lip pale yellow with green lines, very obtuse, nearly sessile, with an oblong 

 callosity on each side of the base, marked with 5 pretty distinct longitudinal lines, distinctly 

 crenulate towards the extremity. Column nearly as in S. gracilis. 



Moist woods and banks of rivers ; also on mountains : frequent north and west of Catskill, 

 but not found in the lower part of the Hudson valley. Fl. June. The characters of this plant 

 seem to be pretty constant. It was first noticed nearly thirty years ago by Mr. Rafinesque, 

 who collected it with Mr. Knevels, on the Catskill mountains (not near Fishkill as stated in 

 the description of Mr. R. above quoted), where it flowers in June. Mr. Oakes considers it 

 identical with S. aestivalis of Europe. 



13. GOODYERA. R. Brown in hort. Kew. (ed. 2.) 5. p. 198 ; Lindl. Orchid, p. 492. 



GOODYERA. 



[In honor of John Goodyer, an old English botanist.] 



Flower ringent. Calyx herbaceous ; the upper sepal united with the petals and vaulted ; the 

 two lateral ones supporting the saccate entire lip. Column small, straight : stigma mem- 

 branaceous, rounded or rostrate. Anther dorsal. Pollen-masses 2, consisting of angular 

 grains. — Rhizoma creeping. Leaves more or less ovate, radical. Flowers in spikes. 



1. Goodyera pubescens, R. Broivn. Rattlesnake Plantain. 



Leaves ovate, reticulate with whitish veins ; scape, as well as the sheathing scales and 

 flowers, pubescent ; lip roundish-ovate, with a short reflexed acumination ; column obscurely 

 2-toothed at the summit. — R. Br. I. c. ; Nutt. gen. 2. p. 190; Ell. sk. 2. p. 191 ; Torr. 

 compend. p. 319 ; Lindl. collect, hot. t. 25 ; Beck, hot. p. 343 ; Darlingt. Jl. Cest. p. 500 ; 

 Bot. mag. t. 2540 ; Hook. Jl. Bor-Am. 2. p. 204 ; Brit. fl. gard. her. 2. t. 47. Satyrium 

 repens, Michx. fl. 2. p. 157 (in part). Neottia pubescens, Willd sp. 4. p 76 ; Pursh, fl. 

 2. p. 590 ; Bigel. fl. Bost. p. 323. 



