278 ORCHIDEvE. [Neottia. 



bers undivided, tapering. Stem 1 1 foot high, with two, rarely 

 three, large, radical leaves, and three to four very small, cauline ones. 

 Spike long, of numerous rather large, yellowish-white, very fragrant 

 flowers. The bases of the cells of the anther are very distant from 

 each other. This is the genus Platanthera of Richard. 



4. H. chlorantha, Hook. Yellow Butterfly Habenaria. " Spur 

 half as long again as the germen ; lip ovato-lanceolate, scarcely 

 longer than the petals ; cauline-leaves lanceolate, radical ones 

 two, obovate, patent." Br. Fl. ed. 3. p. 376. Platanthera 

 chlorantha, " Oust" Reich. FL Germ. Exsicc. Sect. 1. p. 1-20. 

 Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orchid, ined. Orchis bifolia, PI. Dan. 

 t. 235. Hooker. 



On Ma'am, Cunnamara, Aug. 1835 ; Chas. C. Babington, Esq. Fl. 

 June, "lit . Now that the plant has been described by Dr. Hooker, in the 

 3d edition of his excellent Flora of the plants of Britain quoted above, it 

 will probably be found in other parts of the country, where it may have 

 been overlooked for H. bifolia. " Stouter than the preceding, differ- 

 ing in the form and direction of the leaves, and in the larger and 

 greener flowers, which expand at an earlier season." Reichenbach. 

 Hooker. 



4. OPHRYS. Linn. Ophrys. 



Perianth somewhat patent. Lip without a spur. Glands of 

 the stalks of the pollen-masses in a distinct little pouch. 

 Name ; o<ppw, the eye-brow y which Pliny says this plant was 

 used to blacken. Gynandria. Monandria. 



1. O. apifera, Huds. Bee Ophrys. Lip tumid, trifid and 

 reflexed at the extremity ; the intermediate lobe trifid, its middle 

 segments longest, subulate ; anther elongated, with a hooked 

 point. Br. Fl. 1. p. 375. E. Fl. v. iv. p. 30. E. Bot. t. 65. 



Sandy and clayey soils, also in limestone districts. Portmarnock ; 

 field near Kingstown, and near Bray-head, in various places. Near 

 Geneva Barracks, County of Waterford ; Doctor Barker. Fl. July. 

 1^. Flowers large. Calyx purplish or greenish-white : lateral pe- 

 tals oblong, very small, of the same colour. Lip velvety or silky, of 

 a rich brown, variegated with yellow. The only species of this inte- 

 resting genus, (of which there are five species in England,) yet ob- 

 served in Ireland. 



* * Anther parallel with the stigma. Pollen-masses farina- 

 ceous, or composed of angular grains, fixed to the apex of the 

 stigma, not stalked. 



5. NEOTTIA. Jacq. Lady's Tresses. 



Perianth converging, two lateral calyx-leaves including the 

 base of the beardless lip. Column wingless. Pollen fari- 

 naceous. Br. Name, yeo-ma, a Bird's-nest, formerly ap- 



