294. 
ORCHIDE.'E. 
Tribe II. Lirnodorece. 
1. GOODYERA R. Br. 
1. G. repens (R. Br.) ; 1. radical ovate stalked reticulated, sep. 
pet. and lip ovate lanceolate. — E. B. 289. — St. 6 — 8 in. high, 
bearing linear adpressed bracts. Root creeping. "Whole upper 
part of the plant covered with minute stalked glands. L. reticu- 
lated with brown. — Fir forests of the north. P. VIII. S. 
8. Spiranthes Rich. 
1. S. autumnalis (Rich.) ; tubers ovate-oblong thick, radical 
L ovate-oblong, stem 1. like bracts, spike dense. — E. B. 541. St. 
12. Neottia Sm. — St. 4 — 6 in. high. Spike spiral. Fl. greenish- 
white. Column and operculum acute with an obtuse ovate 
membranous process between them on each side. — Dry chalky 
and gravelly places. P. VIII. IX. Fragrant Lady's Tresses. E. L 
2. S. aestivalis (Rich.) ; tubers elongated cylindrical, radical 
L oblong-lanceolate, stem L. narrowly lanceolate, spike lax. — 
E. B. S. 2817. R. Icon. f. 337.— Spike spiral. Fl. with a larger 
lip. Column and operculum acute with the intermediate processes 
lanceolate acute. — Bog between Lyndhurst and Christchurch in 
the New Forest. St. Owen's Pond, Jersey. P. VII. VIII. E. 
3. S. ? gemmipara (Lindl.) ; " 1. lanceolate as tall as the stalk, 
spike 3-ranked twisted, bracts smooth." Sm. — E. B. S. 2786. 
(imperfect).- — It seems probable that this very rare plant does 
not belong to this genus. Mr. Sowerby ascertained from the dry 
specimen that the rostellum is subulate but not bifid. — " In a salt 
marsh at Dunboy near Castleton Bearhaven, Cork. Aug. 3." 
Mr. J. Drummond. VIII. I. 
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. about a foot high. Spike elongated, very lax. Fl. small, 
greenish. L. large. — Woods and pastures. P. V. VI. Tway- 
hlade. 
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, greenish. Lip with 2 
basal and 2 terminal linear lobes. Turfy mountainous moors in 
the north. P. VI.— VIII. 
10. Neottia Linn. 
1. N. Nidus-avis (Rich.). The only species. — E. B. 48. 
Listera Hook., Sm. — Whole plant pale reddish-brown. Root 
formed of numerous short thick fleshy fibres from the extremities 
