Goodyera.} gynandria — monanduia. 317 



segment longest subulate, anther elongated with a hooked point. 

 E. Bot. t. 65. — O. insectifera, i. L. 



Chalky and claj'C}' soils in various parts of England, in pastures and 

 pits. Fl. July. 11 ■ — Flowers large. Calyx purplish or greenish-white : 

 lateral petals oblong, very small, of the same colour. Lip velvety or 

 silky, of a rich brown variegated with yellow. 



2. O. arachnites, Willd. (late Spider Ophrys) ; " lip longer 

 than the calyx dilated somewhat tumid with 5 shallow inflexed 

 marginal lobes, the terminal one flattened, calyx coloured, 

 column (anther) with a hooked point, petals deltoid downy." 

 E. Fl. V. iv. jj. 273. G. E. Smith in E. Bot. SuppL L 2596. 



Chalky downs of South Kent, between Folkstone and Sittingbourne. 

 Fl. May, June. 1^ . — I am indebted to Mr Winterbottom for authentic 

 specimens of this, so well dried as to be beautifully expressive of the 

 essential characters of the species. The Rev. G. E. Smith speaks of it 

 as allied to O. apifera, " with which, and probably O.fucifera, it forms 

 frequent hybrids. The essential distinctions are to be sought in the 

 position of the lobe at the base (extremity ?) of the lower lip, wliich is 

 never recurved ; in the more or less deltoid form of the purplish or green 

 petals ; in the more bent and short, as well as paler calyx-leaves ; and 

 in the proportion borne to them by the lip, which is either equal or 

 longer, and which presents in the true plant a nearly entire margin, and 

 a more obvious shade of green in the various lines and spots upon its 

 dull or intensely brown disk." 



3. O. aranifera, Huds. (Spider Ophrys); lip tumid clothed 

 with short dense hairs 3-lobed, middle lobe large emarginate, 

 anther acute. E. Bot. t. 65 — /3. lip obovate undivided with a 

 spreading wavy margin. O.fucifera, Sm. E. Fl. v. \y.p. 32. 

 G. E. Smith ill E. Bot. Suppl. t. 2649. 



Chalky and clayey pastures and pits. — /3. Kent. Fl. Apr. May. 1^. 

 — Lip shorter and broader than in O. apifera; its colour deep brown, 

 with paler lines not unfrequently resembling the Greek letter v. Calyx 

 green. Mr G. E. Smith is now satisfied that O.fucifera is only a var. 

 of the present. 



4. O. miiscifera, Huds. {Fly Ophrys); lip oblong 3-fid middle 

 segment larger 2-lobed, lateral petals filiform, anther short ob- 

 tuse. E. Bot. t. 64. 



Chalky and clayey pastures in England, abundant in many parts of 

 Norfolk, Suffolk, Surrey, and Kent. Fl. June. If. — Well distinguished 

 from all the preceding, by its very slender, lateral joeto^s, which resemble 

 the antennae of an insect, and by its narrow lip, 2-lobed at the extremity, 

 and having a broad pale bluish spot in its centre. 



7. Goodyera. Br. Goodyera. 



1. G. repens, Br. (creeping Goodyera); lower leaves ovate 

 petiolate, calyx-leaves petals and lip ovato-lanceolate, root 

 creeping. Hook. i?i FL Lond. N. S. t. 144. — Sutyriutn, L. — 

 E. Bot. t. 289. 



Old fir forests in the north, and especially the N. Highlands of Scot- 



