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Neottia gaudissartii Handel-Mazzetti, Oesterr. Bot. Z. 86: 302. 1937; Archineottia gaudissartii (Handel-Mazzetti) S. C. Chen.

Plants 19-24 cm tall. Rhizome short. Roots tufted, fleshy. Inflorescence reddish brown; peduncle with 3-5 sheaths; sheaths tubular, 1.8-3 cm, membranous, uppermost one bractlike; rachis 6.5-7.5 cm, 10-17-flowered, papillose-pubescent; floral bracts lanceolate, 4-8 mm, membranous, abaxially sparsely pubescent. Flowers erect, not resupinate, actinomorphic, purplish red; pedicel 8-10 mm, slender, papillose-pubescent; ovary ellipsoid, ca. 3.5 mm, papillose-pubescent. Sepals suberect, narrowly oblong, 2.5-3 × 0.7-0.9 mm, with a prominent midvein, outer surfaces slightly pubescent. Petals 3, without a modified lip, similar, narrowly oblong, 2.5-3 × 0.6-0.8 mm. Column erect, 2-2.5 mm including anther, with a conspicuous ridge on dorsal surface; filament relatively short; anther subovoid-oblong, 0.6-0.7 mm; pollinia subelliptic. Fl. Aug.

● Forests; 1300-1900 m. W Henan, Liaoning, C Shanxi.