346 CLASS XX. ORDER I. 



§^ Subgenus Goodyera. Lip gibbous, undivided above; pollen 

 angular, (Brown,) sectile. (Reichard.) 



Neottia pubescens. Willd. Veined Neottia. Rattle- 

 snake Plantain. 



Radical leaves ovate, petioled, reticulated ; scape 

 sheathed, scape and flowers pubescent ; lip ovate, 

 acuminate; petals ovale. Willd. 



Syn. Sattrium repens. Mich. 



Goodyera pubescens. Nutt. 

 A singular plant, remarkable for its dark leaves, reticulated 

 on their upper surface with white veins. They proceed from 

 the root or base of the scape on short petioles, are ovate, acute, 

 entire, and generally endure the winter. Stem or scape erect, 

 invested with a number of acute sheaths, distinctly pubescent. 

 Spike oblong, downy. Flowers white, from all sides of the stem. 

 Petals five, the three uppermost agglutinated, the two lateral 

 ones spreading, concave, acuminate. Nectary swelling, inflated, 

 with its point extended. — Woods. — July, August. — Perennial. 

 Neottia repens. Willd. Creeping Neottia. 



Radical leaves ovate, p.etioled, reticulated ; scape 

 sheathed; scape and flowers pubescent; flowers uni- 

 lateral ; lip and petals lanceolate. 



Syn. Satyrium repens. L. 



Goodyera repens. Brown. 

 A smaller plant than the preceding, and less distinctly reticu- 

 lated. — Low woods. — July. — Perennial. 



359. EPIPACTIS. 

 Epipactis convallarioides. Willd. Heart leaved Epi' 



pactis. 



Stem two leaved; leaves opposite, heart shaped, 

 roundish, acute; spike few flowered; lip oblong, ob- 

 tusely two lobed ; germ roundish; root fibrous. 



