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GYNANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. 
Y 334. NEOTTIA. Swartz. R. Brown. (Orchidee.) 
Corolla ringent; the 2 lower petals placed 
under the lip, which is beardless; interior 
leaves connivent. Column apterous. Pol- 
len farinaceous.—Vutt. 
1. N. radical leaves linear; scape sheathing ; tortilis. 
~ flowers spirally secund; lip trifid, the middle 
crenulate.— Willd. 
Satyrium spirale, Swartz. Prodr. 
Ophrys estivalis, Mich. 
Limodorum precox, Walt. 
Orchis spiralis, L. 
Spiral Neottia. Ladies Traces. 
A slender delicate plant, appearing to be destitute of leaves, 
about ten inches high, with a spiral spike of white flowers. In 
low meadows and boggy grounds; sometimes in exposed or 
sunny fields. Common. Perennial. June, July. 
2. N. leaves lanceolate, three-nerved; stem sheath- cernua. 
ing; spike oblong, close-flowered; flowers re- 
curvate-drooping : lip oblong, very entire, acute. 
Ophrys cornua, Sp. Pl. 
Limodorum autumnale, Walt. 
Resembles No. 1, very much, but is a larger plant, with 
larger flowers. Also called Ladies Traces. About one foot 
high. Flowers white, drooping, in a tortuous spike. In grassy 
places and low meadows; not uncommon. Perennial. July. 
335, LISTERIA, R. Brown. ( Orchidee.) 
opurys. Smith, &c. 
Corolla irregular. Lip pendent, bifid. Co- 
lumn apterous, (minute;) the anther in- 
serted at its base. Pollen farinaceous.— 
Nutt. 

