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242. NEOTTIA. 

 NEOTTIA CERNUA. Willd. Drooping Neottia. Ladies 



Leaves lanceolate, three nerved ; stem sheath- 

 ed; flowers recurved- drooping; lip oblong, entire, 

 acute. Willd. 



Syn. OpHRrs CERNUA. L, 



This plant is distinguished, like several others of its genus t 

 by the spiral arrangement of its flowers. Lower leaves very 

 long, linear-lanceolate, nerved. Stem round, somewhat fleshy, 

 invested with short, alternate, leafy sheaths ; pubescent at top. 

 Spike den"se, oblong. Flowers curving downward, of a dull 

 white colour. Germs ovate. Lip of the nectary entire, acute. 

 In moist ground. 'August. September. Perennial. 



NEOTTIA PUBESCENS. Willd. Veined Neottia,. Rattle- 



snake plantain. 



Radical leaves ovate, petioled, reticulated > 

 scape sheathed, scape and flowers pubescent ; lip 

 ovate, acuminate ; petals ovate. Willd. 



Syn. SA fTRIUM REPEtfS. Mich. 



A singular plant, remarkable for its dark leaves, reticulated 

 en their upper surface with white veins. They proceed from 

 the root or base of the scape on short petioles, are ovate, acute, 

 entire, and generally endure the winter. Stem or scape erect, 

 invested with a number of acute sheaths, distinctly pubescent. 

 Spike oblong, downy. Flowers white, from all sides of the 

 stem, Woods. July, August. Perennial. 



