neottia

[Attic Gr. neottia a bird's nest; so called from the interwoven fibers of the roots.] Botany: *1. Lady's tre es; the same as SPIRANT HES 2. Bird's Nest, a genus of Orchids, family Listeridæ, reduced by Sir Joseph Hooker to a sub-genus of Lister a. The species Lister a ( Neottia ) nidus avis , the Bird's Nest Orchis, is a brown, leafle root parasite; the stem has sheathing scales, the raceme is lax flowered, the corolla grayish-brown, the lip concave at the base, the terminal lobes divaricate. Found in dark woods, especially of beech, in continental Europe and Western Siberia.