318 GYNANDRIA — MONANDRIA. [Listem. 



land. Fl. Aug-. If.. — Zeflres mostly radical. iS/ej/i a span high, bearing 

 bracteiform leaves. Flowers small, white. Column very short. Pollen- 

 masses broadly oval, composed of larsre granules, eventually fixed to the 

 top of the stigma and failing away with a gland-like portion of it. 



8. Neottia. Jacq. Lady's Tresses. 



1. N. spiralis, Ricli. (fragrant Ladys Tresses); root-leaves 

 oblong' subpetiolate, spike twisted unilateral, lip oblonff. Ophrys, 

 L.—E. Bot. ^.54-1. 



Dry hilly pastures in various parts of England, in a chalky or gravelly 

 soil. Fl. Aug. Sept. Vr.— Tubers oblong, 3—4. Stem 4— 6 inches 

 high, rather bracteated than leafy. Flowers singularly spiral on the 

 stalk, greenish-white. Upper cali/x-leaf and 2 inner petals combined. 

 Lip longer than the rest of the flower, oblong, broader and crenate 

 at the apex. Stigma and anther both acuminate. 



2. N. cEStivdlis, DC. {Summer Ladys Tresses); tubers cylin- 

 drical long, radical leaves obloncf-lanceolate, cauline narrowly 

 lanceolate, spike lax twisted. Bab. in Suppl. to E. Bot. ined. 

 Ej. in Prim. Fl. Sam. hied. 



Marshy land by St Oueu's pond, Jersey. 31essrs Babington and 

 Christy. Fl. July, Aug. 1/ . {Bab.) 



3. N. getnmipara, Sm. {proliferous Lady s Tresses); "leaves 

 lanceolate as tall as the stalk, spike 3-ranked twisted, bracteas 

 glabrous." E. FL v. iv. p. 36. E. Bot. Suppl. L 2786. {bad). 



Dunbog, Bear-Haven, Ireland; Ulr J. Driimmond. Fl. Oct. %.— 

 Nothing satisfactory is known of this. 



9. LrsTiRA. Br. Bird's-nest or Twayblade. 



1. L. ovdta, Br. {common Twayblade); stem with only 2 

 ovato-elliptical opposite leaves, coJumn of fructification with a 

 crest in wliich the anther is placed. Ophrys, L E. Bot. t. 1518. 



Woods and moist pastures, frequent. Fl. June. If.— One foot high. 

 Leaves striated. Flowers distant upon the spike, yellowish-green. 

 Calyx-segments ovate ; two lateral petals linear-oblong ; lip long,' bifid, 

 without any teeth at the base. Bracteas very short. 



2. L. corddta, Br. {heart-leaved Twayblade); stem with only 

 2 cordate opposite leaves, column without any crest, lip with a 

 tooth on each side at the base. Ophrys, L E. Bot. t. 358. 



Sides of mountains in heathy spots, in the north of England and 

 Scotland. Fl. July, Aug. If .—Root a few long fleshy fibres. Stetns 

 3—5 inches high. Flowers few, very small, spiked, greenish-brown. 

 Leaves of the perianth somewhat spreading, those of the calyx ovate. 

 Lateral />eto/s linear-oblong ; lip pendent, linear. 



3. L. Nidus-Avis, Hook, {common Bird's-nest) ; stem with 

 sheathing scales leafless, column without any crest, lip linear- 

 oblong Avith 2 spreading lobes, toothless at the base. Hook, in 

 Fl. Land. N. S. t. 58.— Ophrys, L.—E. Bot. t. 48. 



Shady woods in many parts of England and Scotland. Fl. May, 



