GYNANDRIA-MONANDRIA. Neottia. 35 



converging under the upper calyx-leaf, and about the 

 same length. Nect. without a spur, as Jong as the calyx, 

 prominent, oblong, bluntish ; keeled underneath, espe- 

 cially at the base, within the calyx. A?2th. roundish, pa- 

 rallel to the stigma, of 2 cells close together, depositing 

 the obovate masses of pollen upon the stigma. Germ. 

 obovate, with 3 furrows. Style short, thick, cylindrical, 

 not winged. Stigma prominent, in front, globose, with 

 2 points. Caps, obovate, obtuse, with 3 furrows and 3 

 bhmt angles. .S'^^'*^^ very minute. 

 Root of several oblong vertical knobs. Leaves several, ra- 

 dical, ovate or lanceolate. Stalk sheathed with bracteas. 

 Spike many-flowered, generally unilateral and spiral. 



1 . N. spiralis. Sweet Ladies' Traces. 



Leaves ovate, stalked. Spike twisted, unilateral. Bracteas 

 downy, tumid. Lip ovate, entire. 



N. spiralis. Sw. Orch.bl, excluding the variety. Willd.Sp.Pl. 

 V. 4. 73. Br. as above, 1 99. Comp. ed. 4. 144. Forst. Tonbr. 101. 



Ophrys spiralis. Linn. Sp. PI. 1340. Fl. Br. 934. Engl. Bot. v. 8. 

 t. 54 1 . Curt. Lond.fasc. 4.^59. Dicks. H. Sice. fuse. 1 0. 1 7. 

 Ehrh.Phjt. (>&. Fl. Dan. t.387. Davies Welsh Botanol. 83. 



Orchis spiralis alba odorata. Raii Syn. 378. Bauh. Hist. v. 2. 

 769, descr. only. Vaill. Par. 147. t, 30. f. 17, 18. 



Triorchis. Ger. Em.2l8.f. 



T. alba odorata minor 3 also major. Bauh. Pin. 84. Rudb. Elys. 

 v.2.209.f.7. 



Testicuhis odoratus. Dalech. Hist, l.'iao./. 



T. odoratus major et minor. Dod. Pempt. 239. f,f. 



T. odoratus -, also Tetrorchis, vel Triorchis, alba spiralis, vol au- 

 tumnalis. Lob. Ic. \S6.f,f. Obs. 89./,/. 



Satyrion odoriferum. Brunf. Herb. v. 1. 105./ 



In open pastures, on a chalky or gravelly soil, or in meadows, in 

 various j)arts of P^ngland ; not in Scotland. 



Perennial. August, September. 



Knobs of tlie root 2, 3, or more, ovate -oblong, brown, downv, 

 nearly perpendicular, successive, apparently besjirinkled with 

 smallcapillary radicles, which if so are very remarkable. Leaves 

 several, all r'adical, on broad stalks, spreading, ovate, acute, 

 ribbed, rather glaucous. Stalk radical, a finger's length or more, 

 viscid and downy upwards, clotlied with several sheatliing, 

 upright, pointed bracteas. Spike spiral, of many, crowded, 

 small, white, highly fragrant //ojrtTA-, in a single row, each with 

 an ovate, tumid, ])ointed, downy, close bractca. 



Ilaller doubtless comprehends this under his Epipactis u. 1294, 

 though his ^ 38 represents a very distinct species, with long 



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