CORALLORHIZA HIEMALIS.
DOUBLE-BULBED CORALLORHIZA.
Gynandria Monandria, Linn. Orchideae, Juss.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
Petals equal and connivent} lip mostly arising from the base. Column free. Pollinia
4, oblique, (not parallel.)
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Leaf solitary, ovate, striate; lip trifid, obtuse, with the palate ridged j central lobe
rounded, crenulate. Nutt.
SYNONYMS.
A r eth u sa spicata, Walt.
C ymbidium hyemale, Willd.
Root perennial, a duplicate bulb, joined by a short, carnose radical,
proceeding generally from the base of one bulb, and being in