586 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. Orchis. 
lacera. 
In exsiccated swamps and raoantain meadows: Pensyl- 
vania to Carolina. 1/. June, July. v. v. In colour 
^ and shape resembling No. 1 ; 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. 
Jt. amer. 2. p, 156. 
O. radice palmata, foliis lilii, &:c. Clayt. n. 644. 
In low meadows: Pensylvania to Virginia. I/. July. 
v.'v. Flowers greenish-white. Roots not known. 
clavellata. 
6. O. labello ovato integerrimo, petalis conniventibus. cor- 
nu clavato longitudine germinis, caule unifollato. 
Willd. sp. pi. 4. p. 10. Mich.JL. amer. 2. p, 155. 
In Carolina. Michaux. If.. +• A loose spike, with 
few flowers j bractes very short. 
quinqueseta. 
y. O. labello 5-partito : laciniis .setaceis, cornu germine 
duplo longiore. — Mich.Ji. amer. 2. p. 1 55. 
In sandy low fields, on the side of swamps : Virginia 
and Carolina. If . June, July. v. v. A loose spike, 
with alternate and distant flowers j bractes acumi- 
nate ; leaves ovate, acute. 
discolor. 
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. 137. 
In pine-barrens: New Jersey to South Carolina. If, 
July. V. V. 
Bulhis testiculatis, ovatis, acutis. Folium unicum, 
ovatum, petiolatura, plicato-nervosum, glabrum, 
subtus purpurascens. Petiolus margine plicato-undu- 
latus. Scapus pedalis, nudns, vagina una alterave 
instructiis, teres, glaber. Flores laxe spicati, brevis- 
sime pedicellati, nutantes, tristi- seu exviridi-purpu- 
rascentes. Petala oblonga, acutiuscula, flexuosa. La- 
lellum petalis longius, margine subundatum. Cornu 
adscendens, filiforme, flexuosum, purpureum. 
Jiava. 
% 
** Radicihus palmatis. 
g. O. labello trifido integerrimo : lacinia media majore, 
cornu filiformi longitudine germinis, spica elongata 
congesta, bracteis flore longioribus.— sp. pi. 4, 
p. 33. 
