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Rh Habevaria laceka, Brown. Orchis lacera, Mich. Flor. Amer. vol. ii. p. 156. Pursh, Flor. Amer. Sept. vol. ii. p. 586 Gynandria Monandria, Linn. Or- CHiDE^E, Juss Fig. 1. of the plate.

This beautiful Habenaria is characterized by having the lip of the corolla elongated and tripartite, vith narrow segments, the spur filiform, and of the length of the ovarium, and the flowers alternate. The stem is about a foot in height, leafy ; the lower leaves ovate, the vipper gradually narrower ; the large loose spike is composed of numerous pale pink flowers. It grows in moist meadows.

CoHNUs CANADENSIS, Wtlld. Sp. PI. vol. i. p. 661. Pursli, Flor. Amer. Sept, vol. i. p. 107 — Tetrandria Monogynia, Linn Fig. 2. of the plate.

The plate represents the aggregated bright red globular berries, and ovate-acute leaves of this pretty little plant, which is abundant in shady woods and in mountainous situations in the Middle and Northern States, as well as in the British provinces.