490 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
inferiore setaceo, peta- 
lis exterioribus vix lon- 
giore; cornu germinis 
longitudine; foliis an- 
gusto-lanceolatis; brac- 
teis acutis. 
segment setaceous, 
scarcely longer than 
the exterior petals; 
horn as long as the 
germ; leaves narrow 
lanceolate, bracteas 
acute. 
Nutt. 2. p. 190. 
Root tuberous, creeping. Stem erect, twelve to eighteen inches high. 
Leaves not crowded as in the preceding species, narrow lanceolate, dis- 
tinctly nerved. Bracteas ovate lanceolate, very acute, as long as the flow- 
er; .three exterior segments of the perianth lanceolate, the upper vaulted, the 
two lateral expanding, of the interior segments, the two lateral biparted, 
the upper segment of each small, connivent, covered by the vaulted segment 
of the outer series, the lower setaceous; the labellum three-parted, the middle 
segment a little broader and shorter than the others. The Pollen masses are 
naked and distinct, at first enclosed in a hollow sack. Capsule triquetrous, 
furrowed, one celled, three-valved. 
Grows in damp soils, common in the low grounds around Savannah; I 
have found it also near Beaufort and Charleston. 
Flowers July — October. 
ft Anthera persist - 
ens, stigmati parallela. 
Pollinia stigmatis sum - 
mitati afjixa, particulis 
farinaceis sive angula- 
tis. 
ft Anther persistent, 
parallel with the stig- 
ma. Pollinia Jixed to 
the summit of the stig- 
ma, composed of fari- 
naceous or angular 
particles. 
GOODYERA. Brown. 
Corolla ringens, pe- 
talis duobus inferiori- 
bus subtus labello gib- 
bo apice indiviso, posi- 
tis. Columna libera. 
Pollen angulatum. 
Corolla ringent, the 
two lower petals placed 
underneath the gibbous 
and undivided lip. Co- 
lumn free. Pollen an- 
gular. 
