208 144. Goodyera. 21. ORCHIDE^. Pt.end.ph 



ovate masses, rather cylindrical, agglutinating together by 

 the blunt tip; vesicles oblong. — Root creeping, sarmentose; 

 leaves 5 or 7-ribbed, reticulated; spike many-flowered, 

 crowded, pubescent; Jiowers fragrant. 



Goodj/era repens. Creeping goodycr. 



Radical leaves ovate ; se pales and Up lanceolate. 



Palraa Christi radice rcppnte, Ger. em, 227, 4. 

 Satyrium repens, Lin. S. P. 1339. 

 Epipactis repens, All/oni Ped. 1853. 

 Neottia repens, Swnrtz Act. Holm. 1800. 

 Goodyera repens, Brozvit in Ait. H.Kew. 5, 19S. 

 Creeping satijrion. 



Mossy Alpine woods ; perennial ; June to August. 



Stems 9 in. high, pubescent, almost leafless ; radical leaves 

 small, tesselated with brownish purple; lip lanceolate, rose 

 colour ; 3 upper petals agglutinated. 



C. Pe^'/o-oy^/'/^w not galeate; Up mostly -undivided, rarely 

 spurred; retinucle 0\ ce//i of the anthers divided by a sep- 

 tulum; hursicle 0. 



XI. 145. SPIRANTHES. Richard. Ladies-traces. 



Spike spirally twisted ; ovarium bent at the tip ; perigonium 

 grown together in an oblong form, gaping and 2-lipped at 

 the top ; lip included, spurless, oblong-oval, undivided, 

 bracing by a groove, bent back at top and rather crisp at the 

 cCige ; gynostemium with a very short stipes ; gynizus nearly 

 elliptic; rosteUum laminated, upright; proiTo/Za oblong or 

 linear; anther marginal, behind, heartshape; pollen in ob- 

 long masses, fastened at the tip; granules globular 3 or 4 

 cellulate. 



Spiranthes auiiimfialis. Autumn ladies-traces. 



Leaves radical, oblong, with a very short petiole; lip 

 ovate. 



Orchis spiralis alba odorata, Ruii S'jn. 378, 8. 



Triorchis, Ger. em. 918. 



Triorchis alba odorata minor, atque eliam major, Park, 1354^i. 



Ojjhris spiralis, Lin. S. P. l.SJG. 



Epi})aclis spiralis, Alliord Ped. ItTiS. 



Serapias spiralis, Scnpoli Cam. 2, 11.S5, 



Ophris aulumiiali*, Baibi Misc. 40. 



Ncotlia spiralis, Swarlz Act. llohu ISOO, 226. 



Spiranthes autiimnalis, Richard Mem. Mm. 4,.^9. 



Triple ladies-traces. White orchis. Sii'cct cuUions, 



Chalky soils ; perennial ; August to September. 



