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XCVIII. ORCHID ACE^E 
I have seen a specimen from Elysium Hill with the lip hardly longer than 
the sepals, and the tip nearly entire ; this might perhaps be regarded as 
distinct, but the species appears to vary in the length and shape of the lip. 
See Darwin, p. 125. 
8. GOODYERA. Named in honour of John Goodyer, an English 
botanist of the seventeenth century. — Europe, Asia, America. 
Root fibrous. Elowering-stem decumbent near the base, then 
erect, scaly or leafy. Leaves stalked. Elower-spike one-sided. 
Sepals and petals free, nearly equal ; the upper sepal and the 
2 petals forming a hood over the column. Lip adnate to the 
foot of the column, base concave ; spur none. Column short, 
erect, prolonged upwards in a rounded or beaked process over- 
hanging the stigma, the anther lying above it ; pollinia 2, club- 
shaped, sessile on a membranous, linear gland embedded in the 
viscid process, the two sides of which after the removal of the 
pollinia remain projecting upwards. 
Leaves white, net-veined. Base of lip bowl-shaped, smooth 
within . . . . . . . . . . 1. G. repens. 
Leaves golden, net-veined. Base of lip boat-shaped, hairy 
within . . . . . . . . . . 2. G. biflora . 
1. Goodyera repens, R. Br. ; FI. Br. Ind. vi. 113. Rootstock 
creeping ; fibres few, thick. Elowering-stem 4-9 in., leafy near 
the base, scaly on the upper part. Leaves ovate or lanceolate, \- 
1^ in., shortly stalked, netted with white veins. Elowers numerous, 
y in. diam., white, tinged with brown or pink, globose, pointed ; 
spike 1J-3 in. ; bracts linear-lanceolate, longer than the ovary. 
Lateral sepals ovate, pointed, erect at first, spreading afterwards, 
upper sepal narrow, erect, forming with the 2 petals a hood enclos- 
ing the column. Lip bowl-shaped, smooth within, bearing a short, 
recurved, terminal lobe. Column prolonged upwards in a short, 
rounded process containing the linear gland. Anther oblong. 
Simla, Observatory and Prospect Hills, Fagoo, not common ; August, 
September. — Himalaya, eastward to Sikkim. — Europe, N. Asia, N. America. 
A British plant, rare in the Highlands of Scotland. 
2. Goodyera biflora, Hook.f. ; FI. Br. Ind. vi. 114. Root a few 
long, thick fibres. Elowering-stem 3-4 in., leafy. Leaves ovate- 
lanceolate, 1-2 in., acute, netted with golden veins ; stalks short, 
sheathing. Elowers 2-4, yellow, about 1^ in. long ; spike 14 in. ; 
bracts linear-lanceolate, shorter than the flowers. Lateral sepals 
1 in. long, erect, narrowly lanceolate, united at the base, tip of the 
upper sepal recurved ; petals linear, obtuse ; sepals and petals 
enclosing the column and covering the basal part of the lip. Lip 
long, boat-shaped, hairy within, tip recurved. Column prolonged 
upwards in a narrow, pointed process containing the linear gland. 
Anther very long and slender. 
Simla, Elysium Hill, in woods, not common ; August. — W. Himalaya, 4000- 
6000 ft. 
