GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 487 
Grows in dry grassy places on the high mountains of Virginia and Caro- 
lina. Pursh. 
Flowers June — July. 
9. Spectabjlis. 
O. labello obovato, 
indiviso, crenato, retu- 
so; petalis rectis, late- 
ralibus longioribus; 
cornii clavato germine 
breviore; bracteis flore 
longioribus; caule a- 
phyllo. 
Lip obovate, undivi- 
ded, crenate, retuse; 
petals straight, the lat- 
eral ones long; horn 
clavate, shorter than 
the germ; bracteas lon- 
ger than the flower; 
stem leafless. 
Sp. pi. 4. p. 56. Pursh, 2. p. 587. Nutt. 2. p. 189. 
O. Humilis, Mich. 2. p. 155. 
Root palmate, mostly two-leaved; scape acutely pentangular, sometimes 
producing a leaf, few flowered; bracteas large and lanceolate; spur thick and 
obtuse, compressed, subclavate, about the length of the germ. Segments of 
the petaloid calyx all connivent and adhering, never expanding, of a bluish 
purple; lip white, broad ovate and entire. Pollinia clavate, pedicellate, 
concealed within the lateral cucullate cells of the genitaliferous column, 
grains of the pollen agglutinated by the base. Nuttall. 
Grows in the mountains of Carolina. Michaux. 
Flowers May — June. 
10. Fuscescens? 
O. labello ovato, ba- 
si dentato, petalis pa- 
tentibus; cornu subu- 
lato, germinis longitu- 
dine. 
Lip ovate, toothed 
at base, petals expand- 
ing; horn subulate, as 
long as the germ. 
Sp. pi. 4. p. 33. Pursh, 2. p. 587. Nutt. 2. p. 189. 
Stem about twelve inches high, leafy, glabrous. Leaves large for the 
size of the plant, lanceolate, glabrous, sheathing at base. Floivers rather 
scattered in a terminal spike. Rachis angled. Corolla small, (brownish 
yellow, Pursh,) the labellum longer than the other segments. Horn not as 
long as the germ. 
