H ab. Canada. Pursh. Lady Daffiousie. Mr Cleghom. Newfoundland. Dr Morrison.—Flower rose-
colour.
2. P. pendula (Lindl. Bot. Beg. t. 908); foliis ovatis squamiformibus amplexicaulibus,
floribus subsolitariis cernuis, labelli lobo medio oblongo crispo, caule angulato. Lindl.—
Triphora pendula. Nutt.—Arethusa. Willd.—Ph. Am. 2. p. 590.— A. trianthophora. Sw.
—A. parviflora. Mx.
H ab. Canada. Goldie. Douglas. Niittall.—Flowers, white. Plant 2-4 inches high. Lindley has certainly
correctly referred this curious little plant to Pogonia.
12. CALOPOGON. Br.
1. C. pulchellus. Br. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. v. 5. p. 204.—Cymbidium. Willd.—Ph. Am. 2.
p. 592.—Limodorum. Curt. Bot. Mag. t. 116.— L. tuberosum. .Mx.
H ab. Canada, frequent. Newfoundland. Miss Brenton. Dr Morrison.
13. EPIPACTIS. Hall.
]. E. gigantea; elata, foliis ovato-lanceolatis marginibus scabris, floribus solitariis axil-
laribus nutantibus, labello sepalis petalisque acuminatis.—(Tab. CCII.) Douglas mst.
Hab. N. W. America. On the subalpine regions of the Blue and Rocky Mountains. Douglas. Columbia
River, about Fort Vancouver. Dr Scouler.—Two to 3 feet high; stem leafy to the top; leaves 5-6 inches long,
the lower ones sheathing and very obtuse, the rest much acuminated. The colour of. the flowers appears
to be greenish-brown, like those of E . palustris ; but in the large axillary flowers, it most resembles E.
pollens, from which it may be at once known by its drooping flowers, acuminated sepals, petals and labellum,
as well as by the leaves, which are moreover, very rough, with minute harsh serratures at the margin.
Tab. CCII. Fig. 1, Flower, side view; f . 2, Front view of do. '; f. 3, Column and lip :—magnified.
$ V. N eotti-eje. Lindl.
14. SPIRANTHES. Rich.
1. S. cemua (Rich.); foliis lineari-lanceolatis radicalibus basi attenuatis superioribus
sensim minoribus vaginantibus, spica densa, floribus demum cernuis bracteis brevioribus,
sepalis petalisque coherentibus labello oblongo integerrimo apice dilatato crenulato in-
ferne pulcherrime venoso brevioribus. Lindl. Bot. Beg. t. 288.—Neottia. Willd.—Bot.
Mag. t. 1568. Ph. Am. 2. p. 589.
H ab. Canada; to the Saskatchewan and the Lake of the Woods in the Rocky Mountains. Dr Richardson.
Drummond. Newfoundland. Dr Morrison. Miss Brenton. N. W. America. Menzies. Fort Vancouver.
Douglas. Drummond.—At first sight resembling stout plants of the European 8. aestivalis ; but the spikes
are much more dense, the bracteas and flowers larger, and the lateral sepals cohere with the upper one and
the petals, for nearly their whole length. •
2. S. gracilis s foliis radicalibus ovatis petiolatis, scapo elongate vaginis subfoliosis
squamatis, spica gracili laxa, floribus bracteas superanlibus, sepalis lateralibus liberis labello
oblongo-subspathulato crenulato paullo longioribus.— (T ab. CCII I.)— Bigel. Bost.
ed. 2. p. 322.—Neottia tortilis. Ph. Am. 2. p. 589 (non Sw.').—Ophrys sestivalis. M x.
Am. 2. p. 157.
H a b . Canada; and from Lake Huron, (Dr Todd) to Fort Franklin, on the Mackenzie River. Dr Richardson.
Drummond.—Dr Bigelow has well described this plant, and remarked that the radical leaves
frequently falling off, cause it to appear leafless at the time of flowering; and it is this imperfect state
evidently, that Michaux has described, and when he says, “ scapo folioso, foliis lanceolalis acutissimis,” he
alludes to its leaf-like scales. Pursh completely misunderstood Michaux, or he would never have referred
the plant to Neottia tortilis of Swartz, which has linear radical leaves a foot long, and a scape 2 feet high;
and he has copied the character of N. tortilis from. Swartz and Willdenow. The present species is frequent
in the United States. I possess specimens from Drs Schweinitz and Boott, and from Mr Greene.
T ab . CCIII. Fig. 1, Flower; f. 2, Labellum:—magnified.
3. S. decipiens; foliis radicalibus ovatis, scapo pubescente squamoso squamis subfoliaceis,
spica multiflora laxiuscula, bracteis flore brevioribus, labello ovato acuminato obtuso basi
concavo apice conduplicato, anthera gynizoque acuminatis. (T ab. G C IV .)
H ab. Lake Huron. D r Todd. Lake Simcoe, and near the sources of the Columbia River. Drummond.
Fort Vancouvert and Straits of De Fuca. Dr Scouler.—This plant has so completely the habit of the Good-
yera pubescens of American Botanists, that if I had not observed that its sepals were more acuminated, I
should have been satisfied that it was that plant. But on looking into the flower, I find the column and anther
and pollen to be completely those of a Spiranthes. Root or caudex creeping, jointed, with lateral fibres,
resembling a Scolopendra. The leaves are in like manner frequently tessellated, or mottled with dark
green on a pale green. Scape 8 inches to a foot high. Spike downy. Sepals ovato-lanceolate, acuminated,
but rather obtuse, petals lanceolate, cohering with the upper sepal. Lip parallel with the column, ovate and
concave at the base,, then tapering gradually into a long, narrow, canaliculated, obtuse, nearly straight point.
Column short. Stigma square near the base, tapering upwards into a long sharp acumen, the gynizus;
anther, from the back of this, fixed and parallel with it, ovate, very convex above, terminating in a very sharp
apex, opening with two cells and casting the pollen-mass on the back of the gynizus. This pollen-mass consists
of a long subulate connectivum, to which are fixed, one on each side, a double row of compact cohering
grains, the whole being pyriform, full yellow.
T ab . CCIV. Fig. 1, Flower; ƒ. 2, Column and lip; f . 3, 4. Different views of the column;
ƒ. 5, Upper side of a pollen mass ; f. 6, Underside of do. -.—magnified.
15. GOODYERA. Br.
1. G. repens (Br.); foliis ovatis subunicoloribus, labello ovato sublonge acuminato
acumine modice recurvo, columna brevissima. Hook. FI. Lond. N . S. t. 144.__Neottia.
Sw.—Ph. Am. 2. p. 589.—Satyrium. L.
H a b . Mountain woods of the Rocky Mountains {Drummond) and from the Saskatchewan to Fort Franklin.
Dr Richardson. Smaller than the following, with the leaves thinner, rarely reticulated with white
veins. I have in vain sought for a distinctive character in the sepals; they appear to me to be of the same
shape in both species, and even the lip presents but little character. The acumen is, however, longer and
less recurved in the present individual, and the column is always very short.