190 GYNANDRIA. MONANDRlA. , 



twice the length of the germ; petals biparted, the lowef 

 segment setaceous; leaves oval, acute, bractes acuminate. 

 — Nearly allied to //. macrocerus. Willd. v. s. In Herb. 

 Muhi. Flowers white. 



2. * rep€7is. Hoot creeping; leaves and bractes lanceo- 

 late, acute; lip 3-par!ed, lateral segiVients setaceous; spur 

 scarcely the length of the germ, adscendent; inner petals 

 biparied, the lower segment setaceous. Hab. On the 

 margins of" ponds near Savannah in Georgia and in Caro- 

 lina; subaquatic. Obs. Root perennial, hbrous, creeping, 

 base of the stem also radicant; fibres lanuginous. Stem 

 leafy, about 12 inches high. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, 

 approximate, in the spike diminishing to bractes, which 

 are about equal with the flowers. Spike linear, 3 to 5 

 inches long. Flowers yelloM'ish-grecn, numerous, but 

 not dense. Outer segments ol the calix gkndularly mu- 

 cronulate, upper segments vaulted; the 2 inner petals bi- 

 fid nearly to the base, with the divisions so unequal and 

 divaricate as to appear unconnected, the upper one linear 

 and acute, the lower setaceous; lip 3-parted, tlie central 

 j)ortiou shorter and linear, the 2 kieral set&ceous. 



ft" Jnther persistent, parallel v;ith the stigma.— 

 PoUiJiia affixed to the stimmit of the stigma, the par- 

 ticles farinaceous or angular.'' R. Brown. 



608. GOODYERA. R, Bro'OHiu'^E.QTTikyWiUd, 

 Corolla ringent; the 2 lower petals placed un- 

 der the gibbous lip. which is undivided above. 

 The column (or style) free. Vollen angular. 



Roots creeping; leaves radical reticulated with disco- 

 loured veins; flowers densely sj.iked. 



Species. 1. G. repens. 2. pubcscens. 



The only species of the genus, the Ist. also indigenous 

 to Europe. / 



609. NEOTTIA. Swart:c, R. Brown. 



Corolla ringent; the 2 lower jietals placed un- 

 der the lip, which is beardless^ interior leaves 

 connivent. Column apterous. Pollen farina- 

 ceous. 



Nearly allied to the preceding genus, and almost simi- 

 lar in habit. 



Species. 1. N. for'/'/>\ 2. cernua. In these and ^V 



