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cristata. - 
piibescens. 
GYNANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. 
Purple-fringed Orchis. 
From two to two and a half feet high. Flowers purple, 
very elegant — the most showy species of the genus in this 
neighbourhood. On the marshy shores of the Delaware along 
the bank walk from the Navy-yard to Gloucester point, and 
about a mile north of the point, very scarce. I have found 
but two specimens ; both in the spot just mentioned. Peren- 
nial. July. 
7. O. lip oblong, pimiate-ciliate ; petals roundish, 
the two lateral ones dentate ; the horn shorter 
than the germ. — Willd. and Mich. 
O. cristata, Mich. 
0. physcodes, L. 
Short-spurred Orchis. 
Flowers resembling those of No. 1, but smaller, also orange- 
colour. In dry swamps, Jersey ; but very rare. Perennial. 
August. 
f f Anther persistent, parallel with the stigma. — 
Pollinia affixed to the summit of the stigma, the 
particles farinaceous or angular. R. Brown. 
333. GOODYERA. R. Brown. {Orchidece .) 
Neottia. Willd. 
Corolla ringent ; the 2 lower petals placed 
under the gibbous lip^ which is undivided 
above. The column (or style) free. Pollen 
angular. — JSTutt. 
1. G. radical leaves ovate, petiolate, reticulate ; 
scape sheathing ; flowers pubescent ; lip ovate- 
acuminate ; petals ovate.*— 
Neottia pubescens, Willd. 
Satyrium repens, Mich. 
Rattlesnake Plantane. Veined-leaved JSTeottia. 
About twelve inches high. Leaves thick, beautifully reti- 
culated with white veins. Flowers white. In shady rich 
woods and on rocks ; common. Perennial. July. 
