312 82. ORCHIDACES. 
3. 8. cernua (Rich.); root-knohs elongate-cylindrical, root-l. 
linear-lanceolate, stem-]. triangular-lanceolate, bracts shorter than 
the fl., spike dense 3-ranked, sep. and pet. equal obtuse -ad- 
hering together, lip blunt spathulate-—Neottia gemmipara Sm., 
E. B.S. 2786 (bad). Linn. Trans. xix. t. 32.—Spike about 12 
in. long. Fl. fragrant.—Castleton Bearhaven, Co. Cork. P. 
VIII. IX. L 
9. Listera R. Br. 
1. L. ovata (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 elongated, very lax. Fl. small, greenish. 
L. large.—Woods and pastures. P. V. VI. Tway-dlade. 
2. L. cordata (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, greemish. Lip with 2 
basal and 2 terminal linear lobes.—Turfy mountainous moors. 
P. VI.—VIII. 
10. Ngeortra Linn. 
1. N. Nidus-avis (Rich.).—E. B. 48. Listera Hook., Sm.— 
Whole plant pale reddish-brown. Root formed of numerous 
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, cylindri- 
cal, many-flowered. Lip linear-oblong with 2 spreading lobes. — 
This is the original Neottia of Linneus. Act. Ups. 1740. p. 33. 
—Shady woods. P.? VI. Bird’s-nest. 
11. Epipactis Rich. 
1. E. latifolia (All.); 1. broadly ovate longer than the inter- 
nodes, upper |. ovate-oblong, lower bracts longer than the f.., 
label entire roundish-cordate with a small recurved point falling 
short of the broadly ovate sep. and pet., basal hunches smooth.— 
E. B. 269.—L. ovate, very broad, the very uppermost sometimes 
lanceolate-attenuated ; lowermost leafless sheaths close. Lower 
bracts leaflike, lanceolate, attenuated. Fl. green with the lip 
purple, sometimes all purple. Peduncle shorter than the downy 
germen. Label of the lip broader than long, crenate. Inaslender 
form of this the upper I. are lanceolate, label cordate blunt with 
a minute apiculus, and sep. ovate-lanceolate.— Mountainous 
woods. P. VII. VIII. 
2. E. media (Fries) ; 1. ovate-oblong the upper ones lanceolate 
acute, lower bracts longer than the fl. and fr., label entire trian- 
gular-cordate acute equalling the lanceolate sep. and pet., basal 
hunches plicate-rugose.—R. I. f. 1141, 1142.—Narrower and 
