CORALLORHIZA.] ORCHIDE^. 385 



3. CORALLORHI'ZA, Haller. CORAL-ROOT. 



Brown leafless saprophytes. Root of branched, fleshy, interlaced fibres. 

 Stem with sheathing scales. Flowers few, small, subracemose. Upper sepal 

 and petals connivent, lateral sepals spreading. Lip deflexed, short, lateral 

 lobes small ; spur minute, adnate to the ovary. Anther terminal on the 

 short column, deciduous, 2-celled ; pollen-masses 4, subglobose, granular, 

 free. Stigma discoid ; rostellum inconspicuous. DISTRIB. N. temp, 

 regions ; species 12. ETYM. /copaAAtov and /Mfo, coral root. 



C. inna'ta, Br. ; sepals linear-lanceolate, lip oblong. 



Boggy or sandy woods and copses in E. Scotland, from Ross to. Berwick, very 

 rare ; fl. July-Aug. Stem 6-10 in., slender ; sheaths lax, red-brown. 

 Raceme 4-8-fld., pedicels very short ; bracts minute. Flowers horizontal ; 

 perianth J in. ; sepals ovate-lanceolate, olive-green, lateral deflexed, and 

 petals narrower; lip whitish with small purple tubercles. DISTRIB. 

 Arctic, N. and Mid. Europe, N. Asia, N. America. 



4. NEOT'TIA, L. BIRDS'-NEST ORCHIS. 



Leafless brown saprophytes, stem with sheathing scales. Flowers 

 racemed. Sepals and petals incurved. Lip decurved, base saccate, apex 

 with two straight or spreading lobes. Anther hinged on to the back of 

 the slender free column, 2-celled ; pollen-masses 2, powdery, glands connate. 

 Stigma prominent ; rostellum tongue-sha-ped. DISTRIB. N. temp. Europe 

 and Asia ; species 3. ETYM. ycorrid, a bird's nest, in allusion to the 

 curious roots. 



N. Ni'dus-avis, L. ; glabrous, lobes of lip spreading. 

 Dark woods, especially beech, from Banff and Argyll southd. ; Ireland ; fl. 

 June-July. Root a mass of succulent, stout, interlaced fibres. Stem robust, 

 1-1^ ft., dirty-brown. Flowers f in., grey-brown, bracts short. DISTRIB. 

 Europe, W. Siberia. 



5. LIS'TERA, Br. 



Root of fleshy fibres. Leaves 2, subopposite. Flowers racemed, green. 

 Sepals and petals spreading. Lip deflexed, entire, lateral lobes or 

 minute ; spur 0. Anther hinged on to the back of the column, 2-celled ; 

 pollen- masses 2, powdery, glands connate. Stigma prominent ; rostellum 

 tongue-shaped. DISTRIB. N. temp, and cold regions ; species 10. ETYM. 

 Dr. Martin Lister, a British naturalist. 



1. It. ova'ta, Br. ; stem tall terete pubescent above, leaves broadly 



elliptic, lip 2-fid without lateral lobes. Tway-Uade. 



"Woods and pastures, N. to Sutherland ; ascends to near 1,900 ft. in N. Eng- 

 land ; Ireland ; Channel Islands ; fl. May-July. Stem 1-2 ft., solitary, 

 stout. Leaves 3-8 in., ribbed. Raceme elongate; bracts minute. Flowers 

 \ in.; sepals deep green, ovate, subacute; petals yellow-green; lip the 

 same, base slightly saccate, apiculate between the terminal lobes. Rostellum 



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