_New England Range_—Maine, rare; New Hampshire, rare; Vermont, rare; Massachusetts, Cole’s Grove, Williamstown (Cheney), rare; Rhode Island, rare; Connecticut, frequent. 3.—CORALLORHIZA WISTERIANA Conrad, 1829[88] WISTER’S CORAL-ROOT The specific name, _Wisteriana_, refers to the dedication of this species in honor of the botanist Wister. Slender woodland orchid, with coral-branching roots. March 1st, Florida (Curtiss); Alabama, February-May. =Flowers= whitish, 6-15, in spiked raceme 2-5 inches long; pedicels, erect and slender. =Labellum= broad and oval, white, clawed, with spots of crimson; notched at apex, differing in this from _C. odontorhiza_, which is not notched at the apex, but projects acutely; =spur= a conspicuous protuberance adnate to top of the ovary. =Stem= 8-16 inches high. =Leaves= reduced to several sheathing scales. =Seed-capsule= oblong drooping, when ripe. _Continental Range_—From Massachusetts southward to Florida and Texas; westward to Ohio, taking much the same range, and flowering at the same time as _C. odontorhiza_. _New England Range_—Massachusetts, rare. 4.—CORALLORHIZA MULTIFLORA Nuttall, 1823 SPOTTED LARGE CORAL-ROOT The specific name, _multiflora_, refers to the multiplying of both flowers and plants in many stations. Tall woodland orchid, with large masses of coralloid roots. May (Canada)-June 20th-July (Maine); August 14th (Massachusetts); September 15th (Connecticut). =Flowers=, 10-30, brownish-purple, in spiked raceme 2-8 inches long; pedicels short; flowers ½-¾ inch long. =Labellum= white, spotted with purple, oval deeply 3-lobed, central lobe broad; side lobes narrow, apex curved. Spur manifest. =Sepals= and =petals= linear-lanceolate. =Stem= 2-20 inches high, purplish. =Leaves= reduced to several appressed scales. =Seed-capsule= oblong, drooping when ripe. _Continental Range_—From Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, southward to Florida; westward to California. Ascends 2500 feet altitude in Montana (Tweedy). _New England Range_—Maine, rare; New Hampshire, rare; Vermont, rare; Massachusetts, frequent; Rhode Island, rare; Connecticut, frequent. [Illustration: =The Coral-Root.= (_Corallorhiza._)] XIII Tipularia[89] Nuttall, 1818 CRANE-FLY ORCHIS The generic name, _Tipularia_, refers to the flowers resembling insects of genus _Tipula_. Slender scapose orchids, with solid bulbous roots; several bulbs, or generations connected by offsets. =Anther= 1. =Labellum= 3-lobed produced into a long spur backwardly. =Sepals= and =petals= similar, spreading. =Flowers= in a long, loose terminal raceme. =Anther= terminal, operculate, 2-celled. =Pollinia=, 4, 2 in each anther-sac, ovoid, waxy, separate, affixed to short stipe, glandular at base. =Stem= 15-20 inches high. =Leaf= 1, basal, arising in autumn, about September 14th, hyemal after the flowering-scape has perished. =Seed-capsule= ½ inch long, 6-ribbed.