300 ORCHIDEsE. [SPIRANTIIF.S. 



Bogs ; New Forest, Wyre Forest Worcester, Jersey and Guernsey ; fl. July- 

 Aug. Stem 6-18 in., glabrous. Leaves 2-6 in., narrowed below, 

 slightly pubescent. Flowers and bracts as in & aulumnaKu, but rather 

 larger. DISTIUB. W. Europe from Belgium southwards, N. Africa. 



3. S. Romanzov'iana, Cham. ; tubers several cylindric, radical leaves 

 on the flowering stem narrow obovate-lanceolate, spike stout, flowers in 

 3 series. S. cernua, Hook, not Rich. ; S. gemmipara, Lindl. 

 Meadows, Bantry Bay, Co. Cork ; fl. Aug.-Sspt. Stem 6-10 in., stout, gla- 

 brous, leafy throughout. Leaves, lowest 3-6 in. Spike 2-3 in., glandular- 

 pubescent ; bracts sheathing the base of the ovary, subulate-lanceolate. 

 Flowers white, much larger and broader than in the preceding species ; 

 lip tongue-shaped, contracted below the crenate recurved tip. tubercles 

 at the base smooth and shining. DISTRIB. N. America, New York to the 

 Pacific. Gray correctly refers S. gemmipara to Romaiizaviana. S. cernua, 

 to which I once referred this, is also common in the U. States, and had till 

 quite lately been confounded with it by American botanists. 



13. GOOD YE HA, Br. 



Rootstock creeping. Leaves usually ovate and petioled. Flowers small, 

 spiked, in spiral series. Upper sepal and petals ascending, free or connate ; 

 lateral sepals deflexed, embracing the base of the lip. Lip deeurvcd, 

 entire, base saccate. Anther hinged on to the back of the column* 

 2-celled ; pollen-masses of loosely cohering grains, sessile on one oblong 

 gland. Stigma discoid ; rostellum beaked, finally 2-nd. DISTRIB. N. temp. 

 regions ; species 16. ETYM. John Goody er, an English botanist. 



1. G. re'pens, Br. ; leaves ovate acute, nerves reticulate. 

 Fir woods in E. Scotland, from Berwick and Roxburgh to Ross, local and 

 rare ; fl. July- Aug. Rootstock slender, matted, widely creeping. Stem. 

 4-8 in., slender, and inflorescence glandular-pubescent. Leaves ^-1 in., 

 acute, dark green, pubescent beneath. Spike slender; bracts subulate- 

 lanceolate, longer than the ovary. Flowers cream-white ; perianth | in.- - 

 DISTRIB. Mid. and N. Europe (Arctic), Siberia, Himalaya, N. America. 



14. MALAXIS, L. 



A small green subsucculent herb. Leaves few, broad, short. Flowers 

 minute, racemose, green. Sepah and very small petals spreading. /.//< 

 superior, minute, entire, concave. Anther hinged on to the top of the 

 minute column, persistent ; pollen-masses 4, waxy, attached to one gland. 

 Stigma depressed; rostellum minute. DISTRIB. Em-ope (Arctic) N. of 

 the Alps, Siberia, Dahuria. ETYM. fiA\ais, in allusion to its softness. 



1. M. paludo'sa, Sw. ; leaves obovate obtuse. Bog Orchis. 

 Sphagnum swamps and bogs, from Dorset and Sussex northwards, scarce and 

 easily overlooked ; ascending to 1,500 ft. in the N. of England ; rare and 

 local in Ireland ; fl. July-Sept. Stem 1-4 in., swollen and sheathed with 

 white scales at the base, forming a new plant at the side of the old, angled 

 above. Leaves few, fringed with cellular bulbils that develop new plants. 

 Raceme elongate, many-flowered ; bracts minute ; pedicel twisted. Flowers 

 i in., yellow-green ; sepals ovats ; petals linear- oblong, recurved ; lip about 

 equalling the petals, erect, acute, embracing the column at its base. 



