GYNANDR1A MONANDRIA. 
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latum, interdum basi 
calcar atum. Columna 
libera. Pollinia 4 vel 
8, biloba. 
1. Yerecunda. 
B. foliis radicalibus, 
lato-lanceolatis, plica- 
to-nervosis; scapo mul- 
ti floro; petalis interio- 
ribus conniventibus; 
labello ventricoso, la- 
mina emarginata, cris- 
pa, sulcata. Swartz. 
sometimes with a spur 
at base. Column free. 
Pollen masses 4 or 8, 
two-lobed. 
Leaves radical, broad, 
lanceolate, plicate, ner- 
ved; scape many flow- 
ered; interior petals 
connivent; lip ventri- 
cose, the border e mar- 
gin ate, curled, furrow- 
ed. 
Nutt. 2. p. 194. 
Cymbidium Verecundum, Sp. pi. 4. p. 105. Pursh, 2. p. 592. 
Limodorum Trifidum, Mich. 2. p. 159* 
With this species I am unacquainted. Pursh mentions, I suspect inaccu- 
rately, that it grows in Carolina. Mr. Nuttall considers it as an inhabitant 
of Florida. Michaux, who cultivated it near Charleston where it flowered 
in the autumn, received it from the Bahama Islands. 
2. Aphylla. Nuttall. 
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B. aphylla; scapo 
tereti, squamoso, su- 
perne attenuato; squa- 
mis ovatis, alternis; 
labello ecalcarato. Nut. 
Nutt. 2. p. 194. 
Arethusa Spicata, Walt. p. 222. 
Root tuberous, articulate. Stem one to two feet high, erect, simple. 
Leaves merely coloured scales, the lower sheathing, the upper sessile. 
Spikes many flowered, flowers pendulous. Petals five, distinct at base, 
somewhat connivent, oblong lanceolate, the exterior a little longer than the 
interior, brown streaked with purple. Lip dilated at the summit, emargin- 
ate, slightly undulate, crested along the centre with six brightly coloured 
Leafless; scape te« 
rete, scaly, tapering 
near the summit; scales 
ovate, alternate; lip 
without a spur. 
