36 GYNANDRIA— MONANDRIA. Listera. 



upright leaves, and more slender roots, the Jlowers larger, and 

 less crowded, with a dilated lip. This blossoms earlier, and 

 is well distinguished by Vaillant, as well as by Mr. J. Lindley 

 in his Collectanea Botanica. We have no account of it as a 

 british plant. It is Micheli's Orchiastrum, t.26. f.D : and 

 Seguier has the same, with confused synonyms, in his Suppl, 

 252. t, 8./. 9. 



2. N. gemmipara. Proliferous Ladies' Traces. 

 Leaves lanceolate, as tall as the stalk. Spike three -ranked, 

 twisted. Bracteas smooth. 



In marshes on the west coast of Ireland. 



Near Castletown, opposite to Bearhaven on the northern side of 

 Bantry bay, County of Cork, in small quantities. Mr. Drum- 

 mond. 



Perennial. July. 



Root of 2 thick, fleshy, downy, annual, perpendicular knobs, each 

 about three inches long, and one fifth of an incfi in diameter near 

 its origin, tapering downwards to a blunt point. Leaves five or 

 six, upright, broadly lanceolate, acute, three-ribbed, three inches 

 in length. Footstalks broad, sheathing, near an inch long. 

 Stalk erect, two inches high, sheathed more than half way up by 

 the footstalks of the innermost leaves, and bearing in the upper 

 part 2 or 3 lanceolate, smooth, upright bracteas. Spike an inch 

 long, ovate, dense, erect, of about 1 8 white Jlowers in three 

 rows, twisted round in a very remarkable way, and each ac- 

 companied by a smooth lanceolate bractea, as tall as itself. 

 The Jlowers much resemble those of N. spiralis, and the Up 

 is fringed ; but the calyx and petals are twice as long as in 

 that species, and the calyx is more taper-pointed. The outside 

 of the Jlowers, and the capsule, are downy : every other part 

 of the herb is smooth. Buds, destined to flower the following 

 year, are formed among the leaves, at the bottom of the flower- 

 stalk. After flowering the root decays, and the following ;?pring 

 each bud puts forth a pair of oblong knobs, as above described, 

 and becomes a separate plant. 



Such is the account given by the accurate Mr. Drummond, and 

 communicated to me in August 1810, along with a specimen, 

 by the Rev. Mr. Hincks of Cork. Several living plants were 

 sent to the Cork garden, but their roots were destroyed by rats. 

 I have waited from year to year for specimens in a fresh state ; 

 but hitherto in vain. The above characters will sufficiently 

 identify the species when found, and it is a most interesting 

 addition to our Flora. 



417. LISTERA. Listera, or Twayblade. 



Br. in Ait. H, Kew. ed. 2.v.5.20\. Comp ed. 4.141. 



