36 GYNANDRIA— MONANDRIA. Listera.. 



upright leaves 'and more slender roots, the powers larger, and 

 less crowded, with a dilated lip. This blossoms earlier, and 

 is well distinguished by Vaillant, as well as by Mr. J. Lindley 

 in his Collectanea Botanica. We have no account of it as a 

 british plant. It is Micheli's Orchiastrum, t.26. /. D : and 

 Seguier has the same, with confused synonyms, in his Suppl. 

 252.t.8.f.9. 



2. N. gemmipara. Proliferous Ladies' Traces. 



Leaves lanceolate, as tall as the stalk. Spike three-ranked, 

 twisted. Bracteas smooth. 



In marshes on the west coast of Ireland. 



Near Castletown, opposite to Bearhaven on the northern side of 

 Bantry bay, County of Cork, in small quantities. Mr. Drum- 

 mond. 

 Perennial. July. 



Root of 2 thick, fleshy, downy, annual, perpendicular knobs, each 

 w , . about three inches long, and one fifth of an inch in diameter near 

 .ryt ^^-t^.t'M^ its origin, tapering downwards to ia blunt point. Leaves five or 

 /un. ^'/<*<4<six, upright, broadly lanceolate, acute, three-ribbed, three inches 

 d.^ in length. Footstalks broad, sheathing, near an inch long. 

 ^ ,*'^^- Stalk erect, two inches high, sheathed more than half way up by 

 «?«■ <*- /^^f*K.,the footstalks of the innermost leaves, and bearing in the upper 

 TkAr^ y/Tt part 2 or 3 lanceolate, smooth, upright bracteas. Spike an inch 

 /. _'jNr^^'long, ovate, dense, erect, of about 18 white ^ott^ers in three 

 . * y A ^rows, twisted round in a very remarkable way, and each ac- 

 *** ti*^ '^companied by a smooth lanceolate bractea, as tall as itself. 

 4ht*^. t. ^2r,The Jlowers much resemble those of N. spiralis, and the lip 

 ^'\s fringed ; but the calyx and petals are twice as long as in 

 that species, and the calyx is more taper-pointed. The outside 

 of the Jlowers, and the capsule, are downy : every other part 

 of the herb is smooth. Buds, destined to flower the following 

 year, are formed among the leaves, at the bottom of the flower- 

 stalk. After flowering the root decays, and the following spring 

 each bud puts forth a pair of oblong knobs, as above described, 

 and becomes a separate plant. 

 Such is the account given by the accurate Mr. Drummond, and 

 communicated to me in August 18) 0, along with a specimen, 

 by the Rev. Mr. Hincks of Cork. Several living plants were 

 sent to the Cork garden, but their roots were destroyed by rats. 

 I have waited from year to year for specimens in a fresh state ; 

 but hitherto in vain. The above characters will sufliciently 

 identify the species when found, and it is a most interesting 

 addition to our Flora. 



417. LISTERA. Listera, or Tvvayblade. 



Br.in Ait. H. Kew.ed. 2. V. 5. 20\ . Comp ed.4. 141. 



