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ereen, with short, sheathing, pointed scales, very seldom growing out 
into very short, linear leaves. Flowers white, with a sweet smell of 
almonds, in a rather close spiral spike of about 2 inches, all diverging 
horizontally to one side, whilst the bracts remain erect on the opposite 
side, 
On dry, hilly pastures, all over Europe, except the extreme north, ex- 
tending eastward to the Caucasus. In Britain it is not found farther 
north than Westmoreland and Yorkshire, but occurs in central and 
south Ireland, /l. autumn. 
2. S. eestivalis, Rich. (fig. 994). Swmmer L.—Rootstock more hori- 
zontal than in S. autumnalis, with longer, more cylindrical tubers. 
Leaves radical, or on the flower-stem near the base, narrow-lanceolate 
or linear. Stem rather taller than in the common L., and the flowers 
rather larger. 
In bogs and marshes, chiefly in southern Europe, extending over 
France and into Belgium. The only known British stations are in 
Hampshire, Worcester, and the Channel Islands. FI. late in summer. 
3. S. Romazoviana, Cham. (fig. 995). Drooping Z.—Rootstock pro- 
ducing a cluster of thin cylindrical tubers. Stem leafy, attaining 6 to 9 
inches. Lower leaves at the base of the stem lanceolate or spathulate, 
2 to 3 inches long, spreading, the upper ones smaller, erect, sheathing 
at the base. Spike dense, 1 to 2 or even 3 inches long, the flowers | 
white, packed in 3 rows, much larger than in the other two species, with 
a broader lip. S. Gemmipara, Lindl. S. cernua of early editions. 
A native of Kamtschatka and North America, unknown in Europe, 
except in meadows at Bantry Bay, Ireland. Fl. August and September. 
X. GOODYERA. GOODYERA. 
Very near to Spiranthes, but the spike is not spiral, and the lip does 
not embrace the column, and is contracted at the top into a recurved 
point. 
The species are very few, all from the northern hemisphere, and 
generally from high latitudes or alpine situations. 
1. G. repens, Br. (fig. 996). Creeping G.—Rootstock shortly creep- 
ing, with a few thick fibres. Flowering stems 6 inches to near a foot 
high, with a few ovate stalked leaves near the base. Spike 1-sided as 
in Spiranthes autumnalis, but straight, with rather smaller flowers of a 
ereenish-white ; the lateral sepals rather shorter, and more spreading 
than the upper sepal and the petals. 
In moist woods, and forests, in northern and Arctic Europe, Asia, 
and America, and the higher mountains of central Europe and Asia. 
In Britain, confined to Cumberland and several counties of Scotland, 
where it is rare and local. Fl. end of summer. 
XI. ORCHIS. ORCHIS. 
Rootstock producing each year a fleshy tuber by the side of the decay- 
ing one of the preceding year, the following year’s stem shooting from 
the top of the new tuber. Stem leafy at the base, with a terminal spike 
