GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
49% 
lum unguiculatum, cu- 
cullatum. Columna 
spathulata, complana- 
ta, aptera. Pollen fa- 
rinaceum. 
guiculate, cucullate. 
Column spathulate, 
flat, without wings. 
Pollen farinaceous. 
1. Pendula. 
T. radice tuberosa; 
caule folioso, summi- 
tate paucifloro (2 — 4;) 
foliis ovatis, amplexi- 
caulibus, floribus pe- 
dunculatis, alternis; la- 
bello integro. 
Root tuberous; stem 
leafy, few flowered, 
(2 — 4) near the sum- 
mit; leaves ovate, am- 
plexicaule; flowers al- 
ternate, on peduncles; 
lip entire. 
Nutt. 2. p. 193. 
Arethusa Pendula, Sp. pi. 4. p. 82. Pursh, 2. p. 590. 
Arethusa Parviflora, Mich. 2. p. 
Root tuberous, oblong. Stem about twelve inches high, terete, slightly 
angled by the decurrent leaves, carnose, the summit when young generally 
nodding. Leaves short, alternate, nerved, somewhat amplexicaule, with 
the margins slightly decurrent. Flowers two to four, axillary, erect when 
expanded, before and after expansion nodding. Peduncles five to six lines 
long. Segments of the perianth five, lanceolate, acute, white tinged with 
green and pale purple, the two interior connivent. Labellum scarcely lon- 
ger than the petals, unguiculate, slightly three-lobed, the lateral lobes 
inflected, the middle circular with the margin crenulate? Column rather 
shorter than the lip, flat. Anther one celled, purple. ( Pollen farinaceous, 
the masses separated superficially by two internal lamellae. Nutt.) 
Grows in rich damp soils. 
Flowers July— August. 
CALOPOGON. Brown. 
Petala 5, distincta. I Petals 5, distinct. 
Labellum resupinatum? I Lip resupine? unguicu- 
unguiculatum, crista- late, crested. Column 
turn. Columna libera, free. Pollen angled. 
Pollen angulatum. 
