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dense.— ^. B. 541. Neottia Sm.— St. 4—6 in. high. Spike 

 spiral. Fl. greenish white. Column and lid acute; a blunt 

 ovate membranous process between them on each side. — Dry 

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



2. 8. ceetivcUis (Rich.) ; root-fibres few long cylindrical, root- 

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

 lanceolate, spike lax.— J?. B. S. 2817.— St. 3—12 in. high. Spike 

 spiral. Fl. with a larger lip. Column and lid acute ; the in- 

 term. processes lanceolate acute. — Bogs. Between Lyndhurst 

 and Christchurch, Hants. Wire Forest, Worcest. St. Owen's 

 Pond, Jersey. P. VU. Vin. E. 



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

 root-1. 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.— Sy. E. B. 1474.— & cemua Bot. Mag. 5277. S. 

 Aomanzqffiana Hook. Neottia Sm. — Spike about 1^ in. long. 

 Fl. fragrant. Lateral sep. united at the base. See Hep. Bot. 

 Congr. Lond. 176. — Oastleton, Bearhaven, and between Bandon 

 and Dunmanway (Allin in Ji ofB. xi. 308), Co. Cork. P. VIH. 

 IX. 1. 



10. Lis'tera B. Br. Tway-blade. 



1. L. ovdta (E. 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. Fl. small, greenish. L. 

 large. — Woods and pastures. P. V. VI. Tway-blade. E. S. I. 



2. i. 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 termmal linear lobes. — -Turfy mountain moors. P. 

 VL— VHL E. S. L 



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



1. N. Nidus-dim (Rich.).— ^. B. 48. Libera Sm.— Whole 

 plant pale reddish brown. Root formed of many short thick 

 fleshy fibres from the extremities of which the young plants are 

 produced. (See Leight. Fl. Shrop. 434.) 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 Linnaeus. Act. Tips. 1740, p. 33. 

 —Shady woods. P. ? VL E. S. I. 



12. Epipac'tis Rich. HeUeborine. 

 1. E. latifdlia (AM.) ; 1. broadly ovate exceeding the joints, 



