GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
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lobed towards the summit with the middle lobe extended, crested along the 
middle, crenulate on the margin. Column much shorter than the lip, cla- 
vate, solid. Germ furrowed, one celled, three valved. 
Grows in damp soils around ponds in the pine barrens. 
Flowers May. 
3. Verticillata. Muhl. 
P. foliis quinis o- 
vali-lanceolatis, basi 
cuneatis, verticiliatis; 
caule unifloro; petalis 
tribus exterioribus lon- 
gissimis, linearibus, in- 
terioribus lanceolatis, 
labello trilobo, lacinia 
media undulata. 
Leaves five, oval- 
lanceolate, cuneate at 
base, verticillate; stem 
one-flowered; the three 
exterior petals very 
long, linear, the interi- 
or lanceolate; lip 3- 
lobed, the middle seg- 
ment undulate. 
Nutt. 2. p. 192. 
Arethusa Verticillata, Sp. pi. 4. p. 81. Pursh, 2. p. 591. 
Root fasciculate, fibres simple and carnose.v Stem about twelve inches 
high, terete, slightly glaucous. Leaves five, verticillate (two, however, in- 
ferior,) at the summit of the stem, oval-lanceolate,, .cuneate, nerved, acumi- 
nate, a few scales sheathing the base of the stem. Flower sessile on a long 
germ at the summit of the stem; three exterior petals linear, two to two and 
a half inches long, of a greenish brown colour, interior petals paler, oblong, 
obtuse, connivent, scarcely one third of the length of the exterior petals. 
Labellum shorter than the interior petals, crested along the centre, winged, 
with the margins inflected, the terminal lobe broad, pendent, undulate. Co- 
lumn shorter than the labellum, subclavate. Anther operculate, two celled, 
unguiculately articulated behind, and received into a margined depression at 
the summit of the column. Nutt. 
Grows in oak lands, very rare in the low country. Silk Hope, Little 
Ogeechee — near Columbia, South-Carolina, and Milledgeville, Georgia, 
more abundant — probably common in all of the upper districts. 
Flowers May. 
TRIPHORA. Nuttall. 
Petala 5, distincta, 
aequalia, conniventia, 
eglandulosa. Label- 
Petals 5, distinct, 
equal, connivent, with- 
out glands. Lip un- 
r 3 
vol. ir. 
