The Scientific Notebooks of German Orchidologist Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Kränzlin

LISTERA R. Br. Listere. (Neottiae spec. Rich. Ophrys Linn.) Syst. nat. Class. Monocotyledoneae, Fam. Orchideae Trib. Limodorinae. Syst. Lin. Class. XX. Ord. I. Gynandria Monandria. Bartl. Ord. Plant. p. 56. Kunth Handb. p. 287. Lindl. Einl. p. 384.

CHAR. GEN.

Flores in racemum terminalem dispositi, pedunculati et bracteati.

Perianthii foliola superiora conniventi-patula; labellum pendulum, basi muticum (non calcaratum), bilobum. Gynostemium ovatum, erectum, parte stylina brevi suffultum. Anthera terminalis, cernua androclinio, ex apice gynostemii elongato dilatatoque et rostello formato, inhaerens, ovata, convexa, bilocularis (vel subquadrilocularis), loculis longitudinaliter late dehiscentibus. Pollinaria bina, subbiloba, polline granuloso subceraceo flavido constantia. Staminodia nulla.

Stigma transversum, marginatum, prominulum, sub rostello elongato acutoque situm. Proscolla minuta, globosa, apici rostelli parum reflexo inserta et pollinaria a rostello recepta infra apicem glutine suo affigens. German ovatum, longius pedunculatum, non contortum.

Fructus: Capsula ovata, polysperma et rimis dehiscens. Semina oblonga, reticularia ut in affinibus.

base uniting with the 2 lower exterior petals. Column of fructification as in N. speciosa & plantaginea.