332 82. OECHTDACKaE. 



9. Spiran'ihes Rich. ' Lady's Tresses. 



1. S. autumndlis (Rich.) ; root-fibre§ few ovate-oblong tbick, 

 root-1. ovate-oblong in a lateral cluster, stem-1. like bracts, spike 

 dense. — E. B. 541. Neottia Sm.— St. 4 — 6 in. bigb. Spike 

 spiral. Fl. greenisb vrhite. Column and lid acute; a blunt 

 ovate membrajious process between them on each side. — Dry 

 calcareous and gravelly places. P. VIII. IX. E. I. 



2. S. cestivdlis (Rich.) ; root-fibres few long-cylindrical, root- 

 1. oblong-lanceolate round the base of the st., stem-1. narrowly 

 lanceolate, spike lax.^^. B. 8. 2817. — Spike spiral. Fl. with a 

 laj-ger lip. Column and lid acute ; the interm. processes lan- 

 ceolate acute. — Bogs. Between Lyndhurst and Christchurch, 

 Hants. Wire Forest, Worcest. St. Owen's Pond, Jersey. P. 



vu. vni. E. 



■3. 8. gemmip'ara (Lindl.) ; root-fibres few long cylindrical, 

 root'l. linear-lanceolate, stem-1. triangular-lanceolate surround- 

 ing the base of the St., bracts shorter than the fl., spike dense 

 3-ranked, sep. and pet. equal blunt adhering together, lip blunt 

 spathulate. — -S. cernna Bab., Bat. Mag. 5277. 8. Homanzoffiana 

 Cham., Reichen. Neottia Sm.— Spike about 1^ in. long. Fl. 

 fragrant. Lateral sep. united at the base. See Sep. Bot. Congr. 

 Lond. 176.— Castleton Bearhaven, co. Cork. P. YIII. IX. I. 



10. Lis'iEKA iJ. 5r. Tway-blade. 



1. L. ovdta (R. Br.) ; 1. 2 opposite ovate, lip bifid, column 

 with a crest which includes the anther. — E. B. 1548. St. 29. 14. 

 — St. 1 ft. high. Spike long, very lax. PI. small, greenish. L. 

 largfe. — Woods and pastures. P. V. VI. Twdy-blade. E. S. I. 



2. L. corddta (R. Br.) ; 1. 2 opposite cordate, lip 4-lobed, 

 column without a crest. — E. B. 358. — Height 3 — 5 in. St. 

 slender. Fl. very small, in a lax spike, greenish. Lip with 2 

 basal and 2 terminal linear lobes. — Turfy mountain moors. P. 



VI.— vm. E. S. L 



11. Neot'iia Linn. Bird's-nest. 



1. N. Nidus-dvis (Rich.).— JS. B. 48. Eiste)-a Sm.— \\Tiole 

 plant pale reddish brown. Root formed of many short thick 

 fleshy fibres from the extremities of which the young plants are 

 produced. (See Lm/ht. Fl. Shrop. 484.) St. a foot high, with 

 sheathing brown scales. L. none. Spikes dense, cylindrical, 

 many-flowered. Lip linear-oblong with 2 spreading lobes. — 

 This is the original Neottia of Limiseus. Act. ITps. 1740, p. 33. 

 —Shady woods. P. ? VI. E. S. I. 



