586 
GYNANDKIA MOSANDRIA. OrclllS. 
lacera. 
clavellala. 
quinqueseta. 
discolor. 
Jlava. 
{ 
In exsiccated swamps and mountain meadows : Pensyl- 
vania to Carolina. !/• June, July. v.v. In colour 
and shape resembling No, l 5 but the flowers are 
smaller and closer, in a short spike. 
5. O. labello 3 -partito, laciniis subdigitato-filiformibus, 
cornu germen subaequante, floribus alternis. — Mich, 
ft. amer. 2. p. 156. 
O. radice palmata, foliis lilii, &c. Clayt. n. 644. 
In low meadows: Pensylvania to Virginia. %. July. 
v. v. Flowers greenish-white. Roots not known. 
6. O. labello ovato integerrimo, petalis conniventibus, cor- 
nu clavato longitudine germinis, caule unifoliato. 
Willd. sp. pl. 4. p. 10. Mich.jl. amer. 2. p. 155. 
In Carolina. Michaux. 1/. + . A loose spike, with 
few flowers ; bractes very short. 
y. O. labello 5-partito : laciniis setaceis, cornu germine 
duplo longiore. — Mich.jl. amer. 2. p. 1 55. 
In sandy low fields, on the side of swamps : Virginia 
and Carolina. 1/. June, July. v.v. A loose spike, 
with alternate and distant flowers ; bractes acumi- 
nate ; leaves ovate, acute. 
8. O. labello petalis longiore tripartito : laciniis lateralibus 
brevibus acutis, intermedia producta spathulata, cornu 
filiformi germine subduplo-longiore, folio unico radi- 
cali ovato-cordato. 
Orchis floribus sparsis, nectario pedunculum superante, 
&c. Gron.virg. 13/. 
In pine-barrens : New Jersey to South Carolina. 1/ . 
July. v. v. 
Bullis testiculatis, ovatis, acutis. Folium unicum, 
ovatum, petiolatum, plicato-nervosum, glabrum, 
subtus purpurascens. Petiolus margine plicato-undu- 
latus. Scapus pedalis, nudus, vagina una alterave 
instructus, teres, glaber. Flores laxe spicati, brevis- 
sime pedicellati, nutantes, tristi- seu exviridi-purpu- 
rascentes. Petala oblonga, acutiuscula, flexuosa. La- 
bellum petalis longius, margine subundatum. Cornu 
adscendens, filiforme, flexuosum, purpureum. 
** Radicibus palmatis. 
g. O. labello trifido integerrimo : lacinia media majore, 
cornu filiformi longitudine germinis, spica elongata 
congesta, bracteis flore longioribus.-— Willd. sp. pl. 4. 
p.33. 
