GYNANDRIA MONANDMA. 
491 
1. Pubescens. Willd. 
G. foliis radicalibus 
ovatis, petiolatis, reti- 
culatis, scapo vaginato 
floribusque pubescenti- 
bus; labello ovato, 
acuminato; petalis o- 
vatis. 
Leaves radical, o- 
vate, petiolate, reticu- 
late; scape with its 
sheath and flowers 
pubescent; lip ovate, 
acuminate, petals o- 
vate. 
Nutt. 2. p. 190. 
F Neottia Pubescens, Sp. pi. 4. p. 70, Pursh, 2. p. 590. 
Satyrium Repens, Mich. 2. p. 157* 
Root creeping. Stem twelve to eighteen inches high, resembling a scape, 
bearing only a few scattered scale-like flowers, very pubescent towards the 
summit. Root leaves ovate-lanceolate, entire, reticulately veined, five to 
seven nerved, attenuated at base to a petiole about an inch long. Flowers 
in a terminal spike. The upper segment of the perianth vaulted, covering 
the column, (the labellum ovate, acuminate, Willd.) speckled with purple. 
Grows in the middle and upper districts of Carolina and Georgia, in damp 
soils. 
Flowers July. 
NEOTTIA. Swartz. 
Corolla ringens, pe- 
talis duobus inferiori- 
bus sub labello imber- 
bi affixis; petalis inte- 
rioribus conuiventibus. 
Columna aptera. Pol- 
len farinaceum. 
1. Tortilis. 
N. foliis radicalibus 
linearibus, glabris, a- 
Qutis; scapo vaginato; 
floribus spiraliter se- 
Corolla ringent, the 
two lower petals affixed 
under the unbearded 
lip; interior petals con- 
nivent. Column with- 
out wings. Pollen fa- 
rinaceous. 
Leaves of the root 
linear, glabrous, acute; 
scape sheathing; flow- 
ers spirally secund; 
