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NEOTTIA? GRANDIFLORA. LARGE-FLOWERED 
NEOTTIA. 
Class and Order. 
GynanprtA Monanpria. 
( Nat. Ord. — Orcuinez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Cor. ringens: petalis exterioribus anticis labello imberbi 
suppositis ; interioribus conniventibus. Columna aptera. 
Pollen farinaceum. 
Specific Character. 
Neorrra * ? grandiflora; labello oblongo medié lamellato, 
apice petalisque duobus inferioribus papillosis, petalo 
superiore oblongo integro, reliquis sinuato-crispatis. 
Descr. Terrestrial. Stem a foot high, clothed with 
many linear, oblong, acuminated, reflexed, glaucous, shin- 
ing, and striated leaves, whose bases are sheathing, and 
their extremities tipped with brown; these leaves become 
smaller upward, and gradually change into lanceolate 
bractee. Flowers few, (three) in a terminal spike, very 
large and singular in their appearance. The petals or seg- 
ments of the perianth all of a greenish colour, beautifully 
striated with a deeper line, their extremities and margins 
white. Upper Segment erect, oblong, obtuse, two inches 
long, the margin entire and even; the two interior ones are 
a little shorter, obovate, sinuated and plaited at the margin, 
the two lateral, or rather lowermost ones three inches long, 
spathulate, of a bluer green in the inside, the broad extre- _ 
mity 
* From worria, or rnoccie, a bird's nest; so called from a peculiarity in 
the roots of some species. 
