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i 3. Gymnadenia. Glands of the pollen-masses without a 
- pouch. Otherwise like Orchis. 
3. AcEBAS. Lip without a spur. Otherwise like Orchis. 
^ ** No prolongation of the stigma between the anther-ceUs. 
4. Habenabia. Perianth ringent, hooded. Lip 3-lobed or 
entire, spurred. Glands of pollen-masses naked. 
6. Ophbys. Perianth patent. Lip variously lobed, without 
a spur. Glands of pollen-masses each in a distinct pouch. 
6. Heeminium. Perianth bellshaped, segments all erect. 
Lip 3-lobed, tumid beneath at the base, without a spur. 
Glands of the stalks of the pollen-masses exserted, naked. 
rr. n. NEO TTIDE^. Anther attached by its base, persistent. 
Pollen-masses gramdar ; granules only in a .slight state of 
cohesion ; no stalks. — Eoot of many fleshy fibres, rarely of 
2 — 4 much-thickened ones. 
• Stiff ma with a prolcmgation (rosteUum) at its top. 
7. GooDYEBA. Perianth ringent. Lip gibbous at the base, 
entire, included. Stigma subcordate. Rostellum erect, bi- 
partite, with a large squarish appendage between its slender 
segments. 
8. Spieanthes. Perianth ringent. Lip channeled, clawed, 
fringed. Stigma roundish. Rostellum straight, bifid, with 
a long linear appendage between its points. 
9. LiSTEEA. Perianth ringent. Lip deflexed, 2-lobed. Srigma 
I transverse. Rostellimi long, entire, acute, with a minute 
globose appendage at its somewhat reflexed tip. Column 
very short. 
10. Neottia. Perianth hooded. Lip deflexed, 2-lobed, 
fibbous at the base. Stigma ti-ansverse. Rostellum flat, 
road, prominent, entire, vsdthout an appendage. Column 
long. 
11. Epipactis. Perianth patent. Lip interrupted ; the basal 
division concave ; terminal one (label) larger with 2 project- 
ing plates at its base above. Stig-ma nearly square. Ros- 
tellum short, terminated by a globose appendage. Anth. 
terminal, erect, sessile, 2-celled. Column short. Germeu 
straight on a twisted stalk. 
' •* Stifftna without a rostellum. 
12. Cephalanthera. Perianth converging (in C. rubra 
spreading). Lip interrupted, the basal division gibbous, 
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