1120 NEOTTIA. [CLASS XX. ORDER I. 
giving it a netted appearance, often scattered over with brown spots. 
Inflorescence a terminal spiral unilateral spike of from ten to twenty 
small white downy flowers, very fragrant. Bractea lanceolate, downy, 
as long as the ovarium. Sepals ovate oblong, white, downy exter- 
nally. Petals lanceolate, erect, converging, about as long as the 
sepals Lip,entire, ovate, concave, tumid beneath in a remarkable 
manner, above and fixed to the lower swollen part is an oblong acute 
pointed piece. Column short, thick, tapering into two points at the 
apex. Stigma in front oblique. Pouches of the pollen masses 
parallel, short, obtuse. Pollen masses oblong, sessile, granulated. 
Habitat.—Old fir forests in the North of England, and especially in 
North Highlands of Scotland. 
Perennial ; flowering in August. 
GENUS VIII. NEOT'TIA.—Liyy. Bird’s-nest Orchis. 
Nat. Ord. OrcHID'Ex. Juss. 
Gen. Cuar. Sepals and petals brown, sub-campanulate, lip not 
spurred, dependent, two lobed, concave at the base. Column 
taper, erect, four times as long as the stigma. Stigma two 
lipped. Anther naked, terminal, free, attached to the back of 
the stigma.—Name from »0771~, a Bird's nest. 
1. N. Ni'dus avis, Rich. (Fig. 1343.) Bird’s nest Orchis. Stem 
erect, with several sheathing scales; lip linear, oblong, with two 
spreading lobes. 
Lindley, Synopsis, p. 258.—Ophrys.—English Botany, t. 48.— 
Listera.—-English Flora, vol. iv. p. 39.—Hooker, British Flora, ed. 4. 
vol. i. p. 318. 
Root numerous, crowded, whiteish fleshy cylindrical tubers, the 
whole plant of a pale brown hue, destitute of green. Stem erect, 
from one to two feet high, angular, striated, hollow, without leaves, 
but scattered over with lanceolate sheathing bractea. Inflorescence 
a terminal spike of numerous crowded flowers. Bractea small, 
lanceolate, membranous. Sepals and petals of about the same 
length and colour, ovate, concave, sub-campanulate, Lip reflexed, 
linear, oblong, with two spreading linear obtuse lobes, concave at the 
base. Column cylindrical, erect, tapering, about four times as long 
as the stigma, the anthers naked, free at the summit, attached at the 
back of the upper lip of the stigma. Stigma two lipped, the upper 
one short, and rounded, the lower one longer, and pointed. Capsules 
ovate, three ribbed, elevated on a pedical nearly as long as itself, and 
crowned by the persistent column. 
Habitat—Shady woods amongst decayed roots and leaves in 
various parts of England and Scotland. 
