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CORALLORHIZA mutrirtora. 
Many-flowered American Corallorhiza. 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA.—Nat. Orv. ORCHIDEL. 
- Gun. Cuar.—Labellum basi productum: calcare adnato vel libero. Co« 
lumna libera. Masse pollinis 4 oblique (nec parallele, Br.) 
Corallorhiza mudtiflora ; aphylla, scapo multifloro (15-30) labello cu- 
neato-ovali tripartito recurvo maculato, calcare conspicuo adnato. 
Corallorhiza multiflora, NutTTALL, in Journ. of Acad. eg Nat. Sc. of Phil. v. iii. 
p- 138. tab. 7. 
Corallorhiza innata, NuTTaAL’s Gen. Am. v. ii. p- 197. 
Root composed of many large, much branched, yellowish, anastomosing 
and fleshy fibres, similar to that of our European C.innata. Stem about 
a foot high, of a reddish-purple colour, terete, jointed, leafless: in lieu 
of leaves it is furnished with large, cylindrical, somewhat inflated, 
sheathing, pale brownish scales, which, at the top, are cut down a little | 
way on one side. 
Flowers arranged in arather loose terminal spike, about 20, erect, each 
subtended by a small scale or bractea, which is bifid or trifid at the 
point. The three outer segments of the perianth are moderately spread- 
ing, linear-lanceolate, dingy yellow, brown at the lips, united together 
below; the two lateral lower ones of these unite at the base in front, and 
_ form a yellow sac or short spur, the back of which is adnate with the top 
of the germen: Two inner segments lanceolate-obtuse, yellowish-brown, 
somewhat connivent over the column. Lip about equal in length with 
the other segments of the perianth, pure white, of a nearly oval form, 
reflexed at the extremity, 3-lobed; the two lateral lobes or teeth small, 
and sometimes denticulate, the intermediate one large, with two ele- 
vated longitudinal ridges near the base, the margin crisped, and extre- 
mity notched: the whole is more or less. os with purple dots, 
especially at the base. 
Column of. ‘fructification semicylindrical, slightly Gupved forward, terminated 
by the hemispherical, deciduous, operculiform anther. This Anther in- 
closes 4 ovate, deep. yellow pollen-masses, which are united by their 
base to a pellucid oblong gland. Stigma subquadrate. Germen clavate, 
en ew erect, twiated at the base, 
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