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and it differs from the other northern species, G. pubescens and G. 
repens, in its scarcely saccate involute lip, in the elongated beak of 
the stigma, and in the long-pointed anther. The rather densely flow- 
ered spikes are usually secund, placing the plant, habitally, near the 
smaller G. repens with its deeply saccate lip revolute on the margin, 
its short stigmatic beak, and blunt anther. The northeastern plant 
which has often passed as G. Menziesii and sometimes as G. repens is 
intermediate in size between them, but it has the flowers in a loose 
spiral. The lip, though less saccate than that of G. repens, has a flaring 
margin, as in that species ; while the long stigmatic beak and acuminate 
anther suggest an equally close relationship to G. Menziesi?. 
As stated, Goodyera Menziesi? is a comparatively large plant, aver- 
aging 3.5 dm. high, sometimes becoming as tall as 4.5 dm.; and 
frequently producing stout stolons at the base. The firm leaves, either 
plain dark green or indistinctly white-reticulated, and often having 
broad irregular white midribs, vary from .5 to 1 dm. in length. During 
anthesis the spike is generally about 1 dm. long, though some luxuriant 
specimens have spikes 1.5 dm. in length ; and the perianth is 8 org mm. 
long. The common New England plant, which has passed as G. Men- 
stesit, is much smaller in all its parts than that species. The scapes are 
usually about 2 dm. high, though they are sometimes found more than 
3 dm. in height; and the plants are not conspicuously stoloniferous. 
The dull green less firm leaves, irregularly mottled with paler green or 
rarely with white, average 4 cm. in length. The loosely spiral spike, 
during anthesis, is about 6 cm. in length, but exceptional specimens 
have spikes fully 1 dm.long. The perianth is about 5 mm. long. No 
reference to this smaller plant has been found in recent literature, 
except as G. Jenziesii or G. repens; but in 1824, in his * Botanical 
Cabinet," Loddiges published, from **the colder parts of North America," 
G. tesselata,' which, from his colored figure, appears the same as this. 
It has been impossible to learn of authentic specimens bearing Loddiges' 
name, and Mr. Baker writes that there is little chance that such mate- 
rial now exists. Notwithstanding this unfortunate lack of type speci- 
mens, little hesitation is felt in referring this New England plant to 
Loddiges' species, since both the leaves and spike, as drawn, well rep- 
resent our plant. A year later, in 1825, the same plant was described 
and figured by Sims? as G. pubescens, var. minor, distinguished from the 
species by its smaller size and obscurely marked leaves. 
1 Lodd. Bot. Cab. x. No. 952. 2 Bot. Mag. lii. t. 2540. 
