This is a species that has little beauty to recommend it, ei- 
ther of form or colour : with regard to the latter, with the ex- 
ception of the lip, it is of one uniform green, in the stem and 
leaves, as well as the flowers. 
One of the most striking features exists in the very long 
bractese. 
It is a native of North America, and the plant from which 
our figure was taken, was sent by Mr Cleghorn from Canada 
to our Botanic Garden, where it flowered under a common 
frame, in the early part of the month of June 1825. 
It seems to have been first known to our gardens in the 
year 1805, through the medium of Messrs Napier and 
Chandler. 
Fig. 1. Front view of a flower. Fig. 2. Side view of ditto. Fig. 3. Flower, 
deprived of the 5 petals. Fig. 4. Column ; stigma and stamen. Fig. 5, 
Pollen-mass. — All mare or less magnified. 
