NEOTINEA INTACTA, THE NEW IRISH ORCHID. 3 
used in both the animal and vegetable kingdoms. Nowadays there 
are no longer any sonnd naturalists who are equally well acquainted 
with the whole vegetable or animal kingdom ; much less are thei*e 
any who^ as was formerly so frequent, have an intimate acquaintance 
with both. Notwithstanding, I made the change, because such gene- 
rally known names of animals as Tinea, Bombyx, PapiliOy Scarabceus, 
Bos, Epulis, Wiinoceros^ Ovis, Homo, etc., cannot be received in botany, 
where they offend every time they are pronounced. Whoever agrees 
with me in this opinion will therefore use the name Neotinea^ whoever 
does not may retain Tinea. With regard to the oldest specific name 
{intada) discovered by me, T have to remark that Grenier and Godron 
(* Flore Francaise ') reject it, and adopt instead densijlora, the third in 
chronological order, because Desfontaines' name {macxdatuiyi) is said to 
be older than Link's {intada). But the second volume of Desfon- 
taines' work appeared in 1800, whilst that of Schrader's *Diarium/ 
containing Link's name, was published in 1799. I am inclined to think 
that it is, to say the least, singular to adopt a name the third as to 
time because the second is said to be not the first. They say literally, 
" Si Ton voulait absolument tenir compte de la priorite, il faudrait 
adopter pour cette plante le nom ^^Aceras maculata, attendu que le 
nom spf5cifique ^ intada^ admis par Eeichenbacii et appartenant a 
Link, est presque de deux ans plus recent que celui de Desfontaines. 
Toutefois, pour ne pas surcharger encore la nomenclature d'un nom 
nouveau, nous avons cru pouvoir adopter le nom qui rappelle la ca- 
ractere le plus saillant de I'espece. 
Perigonium membranaceum. Sepala et tepala angustiora conniventia 
subgaleata. Labellum calcaratum. Anthera erecta bilocularis. Caudi- 
culse immersse in laminam ex rostelli labro superiore ac ex antherarum 
processubus anticis connatis ortam. Glandulse ex ipsa lamina exortre. 
Stigraatis crura duo convergentia libera sen medio connata. 
The plant may be described as follows ; — Tubers ovate or nearly 
spherical. Secondary roots filiform. Stem from 2 to 12 inches high, 
more or less slender. Lower sheaths membranous, apiculate. Leaves 
from three to four, in rosettes, the blade oblong obtuse acuminate or 
acute, with brown spots on the upper surface. Stem leaves fewer 
(2-3), more sheath-like, and gradually merging into bracts. The spike 
is dense, cylindrical, close, and, especially in starved specimens, inclined 
to become one-sided. The bracts are semilanceolate or acute, semiovate, 
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