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Malaxis.
Unifolia, Mich: ophioglossiudes, Will:
Radix. bulbosa, perennis.
Caulis. herbaceus, simplex, erectus, 4-7 poll: angulatus, glaber-
rimus, sub carnosus.
Folia. plerumque duo, inferrus tantum vagina, glabra, clausa,
summit-
tate oblique truncata, superius cordato ovatum, sub obtusum
interdum acutum, mem-
branaceum, obscure nervosum, basi amplexicaule, vaginatum,
vagi-
na glabra, clausa angulata. fol: 1-2 poll: long 1-1 1/2 lat.
Petioli.. 0.
Flores. in racemo simplici terminali, flores ante antherin
conferti.
Pedunculi. communis angulatus, partiales 2-3 lineas longi,
teretes
gracilis, glabri.
Bracteae. foliolum ad basin pedunculi partialis singuli, ovatum,
acutum
sub persistens.
Cal: 0?
Cor: 5 petala? po resupinata viridis — petala duo
inferiora, exteriora
ovalia, marginibus reflexa, duo ad basin priorum inserta,
linearia
recurva, quinta interiora sive labellum caeteris multo, magus,
com-
pressum genitalia tegens, summitate bipedum sed quasi nervo
dorsali mu-
cronato basi in corniculum teres, obtusum breve
protensum —
{corniculum
fortare petalum
oblongum lateri-
bus reflexis, ob-
tusum, nex bifi-
dum.
}
{Stamina — teve a white oval 2 celled case sits on
the low side of the germ between the two
{lobes of the Stigma, and is covered with a triangular or ovate
acute
{operculum. When the operculum becomes erect it draws from
this case
{the two yellow, obovate, compressed pollen masses, (as in the
contortae)
{which are the real prolific anther, and then hang against the
germ.
Pistillum. germen superum, clavatum sub truncatum. Stylus vix
ullus stigma sessile bilobum, humidum.
Pericarpium. capsula sub obovata glabra, sex sulcata,
unilocularis
trivaloris.
Semina. plurima, minima receptaculis medio valvarum adnata.
habitat in umbrosis. 5 mil: a Charleston. florens Ma-Jun.
29. May 1814