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ORCHIS spectabilis.
Showy American Orchis.
Natural Order. Orchideæ. Brown prodr. 309.
Sect. I. Monandræ. ^ n i / i c r a adnata .subtermmalis persistens.'
Pollinis massa e lobulis angulatis elastice cohærenti-
bus : basi affixæ. Brown in Hort. Kew. ed. 2. v. 5. p . 188.
ORCHIS. Perianthium ringens. Labellum basi suDius
calcaratum. Gianduia (1-2) pedicellorum pollinis inclusæ
cuculio unico. Brown.
O. spectabilis, labello obovato indiviso crenulato retnso, foliolis
perianthii conniventibus rectis: lateralibus ongioribus, cornu
clavato longitudine germinis, bracteis flore longioribus, scapo
acute 5-angulo subaphyllo.
Orchis spectabilis. Willden. sp. p i 4. p . 3b.
p 506. Pursh. jl. amer. sept. 2. p . 587. Nuttall gen.
am e r. 2. p. 189. Lodd. bot. c a b .p . „
Orchis humilis. Mich. flor. amer. 2. p . lo 5 . Pers. syn. 2.
p . 506.
Root, in our plant, fasciculate, (palmate, aceordmg
to Nuttall.) Leaves 2, large, roundly ova , reticulately
veined underneath, smooth and shining above. Scape
acutely 5-sided, leafless, (sometimes producing a leal,
iVwiZaZZ.) few-flowered. Bractes \^xge, leaf-lilro, lanceolate,
obtuse, overtopping the flowers, mowers
large, violet-scented, all facing one side. Germen
angular, slightly twisted, bent towards the flower.
Leaflets o f the Perianthium connivent and adhering,
of a light purple on the outside, and darker within;
side ones rather the longest. Labellum white, or
slightly tinged with blush, broadly ovate, crenulate,
3 DcUè&ny .