5S6 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. OrchisS. 
lacera. 
clavellata. 
quinqueseta. 
discolor. 
Jiava, 
In exsiccated swamps and mountain meadows : Pensyl- 
vania to Carolina. 7/ . June, July. v. v. In colour 
and shape resembling No. 1 ; but the flowers are 
smaller and closer, in a short spike. 
B. O. labello 3 -partito, laciniis subdigitato-filiformibus, 
cornu germen subaequante, floribus alternis. — Mich, 
fi. amer. 2. p. 150. 
O. radice palmata, foliis lilii, &c. Clayt. n. 644. 
In low meadows; Pensylvania to Virginia. 1/. 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.fi. amer. 2. p. 155. 
In Carolina. Mickaux. %, -j-* A loose spike, with 
few flowers j bractes very short. 
7 . O. labello 5-partito : laciniis setaceis, cornu germine 
duplo longiore. — -Mich.fi. amer. 2. p, 155. 
In sandy low flelds, on the side of swamps ; Virginia 
and Carolina. 1/ . June, July. v. v. A loose spike, 
with alternate and distant flowers j 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. 7/ . 
July. V. V. 
Bulbis testiculatis, ovatis, acutis. Folium unicum, 
ovatum, jetiolatum, 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, oblonga, acutiuscula, flexuosa. La~ 
vellum 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.— sp. pl. 4. 
p. 33. 
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