sp^ma saavo-sr©*- nat< 



NEOTTIA TORTILIS. 



SPIRAL NEOTTIA. LADIES TRACES. 



Gynandria Monogynia, Linn. Orchidese, Juss. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Corolla ringent; the two lower petals placed under the lip, which is beardless; interior 

 leaves connivent. Column apterous. Pollen farinaceous. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Radical leaves linear-lanceolate, attenuated at base; scape sheathing; flowers spirally 

 secund ; lip trifid, the middle crenulate. Tfilld. 



SYNONYMS. 



Satyrium spirale, Swartz. Prod. 

 Ophrys aestivalis, Mich. 

 Limodorum praecox, Walt. 

 Orchis spiralis, Linn. 



Plant from twelve inches to two feet high. Root consisting of 

 three or four irregular carnose, palmate segments, of a yellowish- 



