Order 1. GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 755 
12839 Lip 3-fid : middle lobe large 2-lobed, Anther blunt 
12840 Stem leafy, Lip vill. 3-lobed : midd. lobe obov. shortly 3-lobed at end, Inner sepals linear-lane, very short 
12841 Stem leafy. Lip downy obov. 3-lobed at end : lobes nearly equal. Inner sepals lane, twice as short as outer 
12842 Leaves linear setaceous. Scape naked 
12843 The radical leaves lanceolate twin 
12844 Lip 3-parted : middle lobe oblong lanceolate acute smoothish hanging down 
12845 Lip 3-parted : middle lobe ovate acuminate hanging down with a hairy disk 
12846 Radical leaves ovate, Lip and petals lanceolate 
12847 Radical leaves ovate, Lip ovate acuminate. Sepals ovate 
12848 Leaves fleshy chocolate-colored ovate without nerves 
12849 Stem leafy. Leaves ovate-lanceolate stalked, Lip rounded glandular inside. Petals broad ovate 
12850 A smooth variety of G. pubescens 
12851 Leaves linear channelled shorter than scape. Middle segm. of lab. with a double keel inside 
12852 Lip unguiculate acuminate. Inner sepals |-ovate 
12853 Spike lax erect. Leaves stalked erect crisp smooth. Flowers discolored 
12854 The only species 
12855 Rad. Ivs. obi. lane. Scape with bractes. Anterior sepals decurrent placed under the |-inferior labellum 
12856 Lip obovate emarginate. Scape sheathed, Bractes shorter than flower, Leaves ovate stalked flat at edge 
12857 Leaves linear-lanc. Lip subsessile crenulate at end. Sepals ovarium and rachis quite smooth 
12858 Lvs. linear lanceolate 2-colored, Scape villous much longer than leaves, Fl. gibbous on its outside at base 
12859 Leaves lanceolate 3-nerved, Stem sheathed. Flowers recurved cernuous, Lip oblong entire acute 
12860 Rad. leaves oblong somewhat stalked. Spike twisted with the flowers on one side, Lip ovate 
12861 Lip lane, undivided. Scape bracteate, Bractes longer than flower. Leaves oblong wavy towards the end 
12862 Rad. leaves broad lanceolate. Spike erect, Lip saccate at base with the sepals. Lip acuminate 
[is placed 
12863 Stem with only a pair of ov.-ellipt. opp. lvs. Col. of fructification having an appendage in which the anther 
12864 Stem with only 2 cordate opposite leaves. Col. without any appendage behind. Lip with 2 teeth at the base 
and Miscellaneous Particulars. 
1871. Diuris. From double, and n^ot, a tail, in allusion to the form of the sepals. Beautiful New 
Holland plants, which may be cultivated in the same way as Disa. 
1872. Ponthieva. Named after De Ponthieu, who sent many specimens of West Indian plants to Sir J. Banks. 
The species may be cultivated in pots, well drained, and filled with sandy loam and peat. Water must be 
sparingly given when the plants are not in a growing state. 
1873- Neottia. This word in Greek signifies bird's nest, and has been applied to the present plant on account 
of the interwoven fibres of its roots. No means of cultivating the only species has been yet discovered. It 
grows naturally in woods among decayed leaves, and is supposed to be parasitical. 
1874. Spiranthes. From a-ru^ce,, a screw, or any thing spirally twisted ; on account of the disposition of the 
flowers on their spike. Delicate little herbaceous plants with fibrous roots, and generally white flowers. S. 
aestivalis has the germs on the flower-stalks placed regularly one above another, somewhat resembling tresses 
of plaited hair ; whence its name of Ladies' traces or tresses. This species grows more readily in the garden 
than most of its tribe. 
According to Salisbury, no plant whatever is more easy to cultivate than this. At Chapel- Allerton it pro- 
pagated itself every where, springing up from seeds in the neighbouring pots, whatever soil or plants happened 
to be in them ; and they were once found germinating on a dead root of a Persian Cyclamen, in a pot, which, 
for want of draining, was full of Jungermannias. 
1875. Stenorhynchus. A splendid genus of evergreen stove herbaceous plants, with brilliant red or yellow 
flowers. They have been named from s-evs?, narrow, and pui/^af, a beak, on account of the long pointed 
stigma. N. orchioides is one of the most beautiful plants of this genus, introduced by E. J. A. Woodford, 
Esq. in 1806, from the Island of Barbadoes, where it grows wild in the most arid places among grass. It 
requires, nevertheless, moderate waterings here while the leaves are green. 
1876. Listera. Dr. Martin Lister was a celebrated English physician and naturalist, who died in 1711. 
The species require a shady situation and a light sandy soil, with some peat intermixed. They will grow on a 
bank under the drip of trees, or in small pots. They are increased by dividing the roots. 
1877. Arcthusa. A poetical name. Arethusa was a nymph of Diana, who was transformed into a fountain. 
The species of this genus are all found in moist places. They are very impatient of cultivation. The best way 
to manage them, is to plant them in loose wet peaty soil, and to keen them in a frame well exposed to the sun. 
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