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Neottia picta. Spotted-leaved 

 Neottia. 



C/^/5 a»</ Onfcr. 

 Gynandria Diandria. SLtafli. (reclius Mosandria). 



Generic Charatler. 



^ C&r. 5-petala, ringens, petalis exterioribus lateralibus antice 

 circa bafin labelli ventricofam connexis. Antbera ftylo acuminate* 

 parallela poftice inferta. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



NEOTTIA pitta / foliis ovatd-lanceolatis maculatis, fcapo 



longiflimo, corollis ereclis galeatis, neclario fpathulato 



apice revoluto. 

 NEOTTIA acaidis ; floribus feflilibus folitariis axillaribus. 



Smith Exot. Bot. t. 105. 

 ARETHUSA pitta. Anderfon Trarrf. of the Soc. of Arts. v. 25. 



P- *99- 



Desc. Leaves all radical, ereft: at firft, then fpreading, ovate- 

 lanceolate, narrowed towards the bale, quite entire, ieven- 

 nerved, fmooth on the upper furface with pale (Ireaks along the 

 courfe of the nerves and oval or irregular fpots fcattered about, 

 roughifh on the under fide from minute glandular excrefcences. 

 Scape ftraight, three feet high, three or four times longer than 

 the leaves, rounded, pubel'cent at the upper part, covered with 

 alternate brakes, which embrace the Item half round, and narrow 

 regularly from the bale to a fharp point. Flowers grow in a 

 l°ng fpike at the upper part of the Icape, alternate, one in the 

 a *il of each bracle, erect, green and hairy on the outfide, 

 fmooth and whitifh within. Pedicle fhort, twi (ted. Germen very 

 J^rge, incurved, ftriate at the back part and bellied towards the 

 °ale. Corolla ringent, the three external laciniae nearly equal : 

 l he two lower ones oblique, recurved; upper one erect, united 

 to the two internal laciniae, and with them forming the helmet. 



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