164 GOODYEREZ. 
М. flexuosa and №. parviflora Smith in Rees’ Cyelop. М. sinensis Pers. буп. ii, 511. 
N. amena Bieb. Fl. Taur. Cauc. iii, 606, Gyrostachys australis Blume ЕІ. Jav. 107, tt. 
37, 38. Spiranthes Griff. Notul iii, 384; Ic. РІ. As. t. 348. 
Throughout the Western Himalaya up to 10,000 feet. It flowers all through the 
summer. Eastwards, in India, it extends to Nepal, Sikkim and Assam. I is found 
over the greater portion of Peninsular India, and beyond the N.-W. Frontier it extends 
through Afghanistan to Europe, N. Asia and China; it occurs also in N. America, Java, 
Australia and New Zealand. 
2. БЫВАМТНЕЗ AUTUMNALIS Rich. in Мет Mus. Par, iv (1818), 59. 
Glandular-pubescent. Root of two fleshy fusiform ог subcylindric tubers 1'5 to 
3:5 em. long. Leaves in a tuft at the side of the flowering stem, arranged on a very 
short lateral stem that flowers in the following year, 2:5 to 3°5 cm. long, ovate, acute, 
cuneate at the base. Spike stout, twisted, its length with peduncle 1 to 1°5 dm.; floral 
bract ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, longer than the ovary. Flowers secund, greenish-white, 
variable in size, but usually larger than those of S, australis. Sepals and petals connivent, 
hairy outside. Zip oblong-panduriform, glabrous, with two glands at the base, crenu- 
late along the apical margin. Reichb. Ic. Pl. Germ. xiii, 150, t. 474; Lindl. Gen. and 
Sp. Orch. 469; in Journ. Linn. Soc. 1, 277; Boiss. Fl. Or. v, 90. Hook. f. Fl. Br. 
Ind. vi, 103. Ophrys spiralis Linn. Sp. Pl. 945. Neottia spiralis Swartz Act. Holm. 226. 
Lohuaghát in Kumaon between 4,000 and 5,000 feet, T. Thomson, flowering in 
May. This species was collected in Afghanistan by Griffith, and is found in many 
parts of Europe between the Caucasus and the Atlantic Ocean. 
37. Goodyera R. Br. 
Terrestrial leafy herbs. Stem decumbent below, erect above. Leaves usually rather 
thick, with wide sheaths and usually petioled. Flowers small, numerous, in terminal and 
sometimes secund spikes or racemes, Sepals subequal, often pubescent outside; the dorsal 
concave and, with the petals, forming a hood over the column, the lateral pair free, 
subconnivent or spreading. Zip attached to the base of the column, entire, saccate or 
cymbiform at the base; apical lobe small, usually acute and decurved, the basal sac 
with sete calli or ridges inside, rarely smooth. Column short, the rostellum projecting. 
Anther usually pyriform, with a long erect beak; pollinia usually 2, clavate, sessile on a 
large or small gland. Stigma undivided, anticous.—Species about 36, in Europe, Asia, 
N, America, New Caledonia and the Mascerene Islands. 
Stem tall; up to 7'5 dm. in length, leafy upwards; 
flowers in dense spikes CX eu MA SUM. 7 
Stem not exceeding 3 dm. in length, flowers in more 
or less lax racemes. 
Lip not setose within, leaves basal. 
Sac of lip quite smooth within, not projecting beyond 
wO Dis of the ЫН у, o. x. ¿ Lu 
Sac of lip with 2 ridges inside, projecting beyond the 
bases of the sepals . . . у, 
1. 6. procera. 
2, 0. repens. 
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