312 GYNANDRIA — MONANDRIA. [Aristolochia . 



Pollen angled. — Named in compliment to Mr John Goodyer, a 

 Hampshire Botanist of the time of Gerarde. 



8. Neottia. The 2 lateral calyx-leaves including the base of 

 the beardless lip. Column wingless. Pollen farinaceous. Br. — 

 Named from vso-r/a, a, Bird's nest, formerly applied by DodontEUS, 

 and even by Linnseus, to our Listera Nidus-Avis, on account of 

 its densely tufted fibres ; but subsequently abandoned. It has 

 since been chosen by Jacquin for the present genus, and is 

 sanctioned by the high authority of Svvartz, Willdenow, Smith, 

 and Brown. It is Spiranthes of Richard. 



9. Listera. Lip 2-lobed. Column wingless. Anther fixed 

 by its base. Pollen farinaceous. Br. — Named in honour of 

 Dr 3Iartin Lister, an eminent British Naturalist. 



*** Anther terminal, persistent. Pollen-masses pulverulent, or 

 composed of angidar granules. 



10. Epipactis. LJp very concave at the base, the extremity 

 undivided or 3-lobed, the middle lobe large, and, as it were, 

 jointed. Pollen farinaceous. Br. — Name given to some kind 

 of Hellebore by the Greeks. 



**** Anther terminal, deciduous. Pollen-masses waxy. 



11. Malaxis. Lip without a spur, very small, superior, un- 

 divided : 2 XaiiQYaX petals reflexed, smaller than the calyx-leaves. 

 Column very short. Pollen-masses in 2 pairs. — Name — iLokaxic,, 

 softness, from the tender nature of the plant. 



12. LfpARis. Perianth spreading, uniform, with linear seg- 

 ments. Lip inferior, undivided, reflexed. Column elongated. 

 Pollen-masses in 2 pairs. — Named from XiTu^og, fat, or unctuous 

 to the touch. 



13. CoHALLORHiZA. Z?/> produced at the base; its spur adnate 

 with the germen, or free. Colunm free. Pollen-masses 4, oblique, 

 not parallel. Br. — Name — zo^aXXiov, coral, and g'^«i a root, 

 from the curious structure of the root. 



ORD. II. DIANDRIA. 2 Stame?is. 



14. Cypripedium. Liplarge, inflated. Column with a large 

 terminal, dilated lobe (or sterile stamen) separating the anthers, 

 Two lateral or lower calyx-leaves often combined. — Nat. Ord. 

 ORCHiDEiE, Juss. — Named from Kjtp/s, Venus, and -zodiov, a 

 slipper : i. e. Venus' slipper. 



ORD. III. HEXANDRIA. 6 Stamens. 



15. Aristolochia. Perianth superior, single, tubular, often 

 swelling at the base, the mouth dilated on one side. Stigma 

 with 6 lobes. Capsule inferior, with 6 cells> — Nat. Ord, Aris- 



