. The orchids of New England; a popular monograph. Orchids. THE ORCHIDS OF NEW ENGLAND. 73. species of the tribe. We have observed that this species is very'fertile, usually maturing all its ; The genus Corallorhiza (Coral-root), northern or extra-tropi- cal in range and containing about ten species, has four repre- sentatives in the North-eastern United States, three of them oc- curring in New England. This genus follows Liparis in Gray's Botany; the plants are supposed to be root-parasitical,* and send up " a simple scape, furnished with sheaths instead of leaves, from a mu
. The orchids of New England; a popular monograph. Orchids. THE ORCHIDS OF NEW ENGLAND. 73. species of the tribe. We have observed that this species is very'fertile, usually maturing all its ; The genus Corallorhiza (Coral-root), northern or extra-tropi- cal in range and containing about ten species, has four repre- sentatives in the North-eastern United States, three of them oc- curring in New England. This genus follows Liparis in Gray's Botany; the plants are supposed to be root-parasitical,* and send up " a simple scape, furnished with sheaths instead of leaves, from a much branched and toothed coral-like ; The lip, " slightly adherent to the base of the 2-edged straightish column," "is often more or less extended into a protuberance or " short spur coalescent with the ; The anther is " terminal, ; The 4 pollen- masses are " soft-waxy or powdery, and have no stalks or connecting ; C. innata Corallorhiza. (Early Coral-root), and C. odontorhiza (Dragon-claw, Coral-tooth, Small Late Coral-root) are mentioned together here, although the latter belongs rather to July, in Vermont, because the next Orchid mentioned is a near relative and might be mistaken for them. C. innata, which Hooker says closely accords with the European species, is a low dingy-green herb bearing a few spur- less flowers, and found in swampy or wet shaded places. Grow- ing as far south as Georgia, it yet follows Calypso across the 60th parallel, but notwithstanding this extensive range, it is rare. C. odontorhiza is found in Florida, and Chapman makes the singular statement that although vernal in the North it does not bloom till September and October in the South. This Coral-root has a depression where its flower-spur should be. From its greater height, which may be sixteen inches, and its * Sachs {Botanical Text Book) calls the Coral-roots, particularly C. innata, "saprophytes," becaus
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