OLASS XX. ORDER 1. ] GOODYERA. 1119 
gathered with several others, and this lucis natura was not discovered 
until examination some time after. 
4. O. musciflera, Huds. (Fig. 1341.) Fly Orchis. Lip oblong, 
velvety, with a square smooth spot in the middle, three lobed, the 
lateral lobes lanceolate, the middle one much the longest, and deeply 
cleft ; petals filiform ; cells of the pollen masses short, obtuse. 
English Botany, t. 64—English Flora, vol. iv. p. 29.—Hooker, 
British Flora, ed. 4. vol. i. p. 8317.—Lindley, Synopsis, p. 262. 
Tubers globose. Stem erect, about a foot high. Leaves oblong 
lanceolate, a somewhat glaucous green, those of the stem narrower. 
Inflorescence a lax terminal spike of from four to eight distant 
flowers. Braciea linear lanceolate, as long or longer than the ova- 
rium. Sepals oblong, ovate, green, smooth, spreading. Petals two, 
ascending, filiform, the margins revolute, downy. Lip reflexed, 
longer than the sepals, oblong, velvety, of a deep chocolate colour, 
with a smooth shining square pale blueish spot on the disk, and at the 
base two dark brown spots, the margin is three lobed, the Jateral 
lobes are lanceolate or oblong, the middle ones is much the longest, 
more or less deeply cleft into two broad lobes, concave, and pale 
smooth shining green beneath. Pouches of the pollen masses short, 
obtuse. Pollen masses yellow, on slender stalks. 
Habitat.—Chalk, limestone, and clayey pastures, and shady places 
in various parts of England ; sometimes very abundant. 
Perennial; flowering in June. 
GENUS VII. GOOD'YERA.—Brown. Goodyera. 
Nat. Ord. OrcHID'Ex. Juss. 
Gen. Cuan. Sepals ovate, spreading. Petals erect, lip entire, re- 
markably concave beneath, inclosed by the lateral sepals. 
Column tapered, distinct, with two teeth at the apex. Stigma in 
front oblique. <Anthers two celled. Pollen masses sessile.— 
Name in compliment to Mr. John Goodyer, a Hampshire 
Botanist of the time of Gerarde. 
1. G. re'pens, Br. (Fig. 1342.) Creeping Goodyera. Root creeping ; 
lower leaves ovate, petiolate, netted with veins; upper part of the 
stem and flowers downy , sepals, petals, and lip ovate lanceolate. 
English Flora, vol. iv. p. 34—Hooker, British Flora, ed. 4 vol. i. 
p. 317.—Lindley, Synopsis, p. 257—Satyrium, Linn.—English 
Botany, t. 289. 
Root creeping, with long knotty jointed downy branches. Stem 
erect, about a foot high, round, smooth, leafy below and above, 
bearing several lanceolate bractea. Leaves tufted, from six to eight, 
ovate, obtuse, smooth, five ribbed, with numerous connecting veins, 
