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ORCHIS tephrosanthos ; /3* undulatifolia. 



Curled-leaved Orchis. 



GYNANDRIA MONANDHIA. 



Nat. ord. 0rchide;e. Jussieu gen. 64. Brown prod. 1. 309. JDiV. /« 

 ORCHIS. Suprh vol. S.fol. 202. 



X)iV. Radice bituberosa. 

 O. tephrosanthos, labello 3-partito, laciniis Hnearibus, media 2-furca cum 



mucrone inter crura, petalis acutis libere conniventibus, bracteia lato- 



subulatis cornuque duplo brevioribus germine. 

 Orchis tephrosanthos. Villars delph. 2. 32. Desfont. ail. 2. 319. WiUd. sp. 



pi. 4. 21. Swartz in schrad. neuesjourn. 1. 15. 

 Orchis longicruris. Link in schrad. journ. 1799* 2. 323. Willd. sp. pL 4. 



22. 

 Orchis militaris ; t. Lin. sp.pl. ed. 2. 2. 1334. 

 Orchis zoophora cercopithecum exprimens oreades. Column, ecphr. 319. t. 



320. 

 Orchis flore simiam referens. Vaitt. parts, t* 31. Jigg* 25> 26. 

 09) flore majore; foliis undulatis. 

 Orchis undulatifolia. Biv. Bemardi sic.pl. cent. 2. 44, n. 61* /. 6. 



Tubera mole nucis avellana majoris. Fol. 8-9, plurifaria, erecto-patentia, 

 3'5-uncialia, laliora \ uncim *oix excedentia, oblongo~et ligulaio-lanceolata, 

 remotius lineata, acuta, interiora interdum undulata. Cauhs spitkamatts ad 

 dodrantalem, striato*teres. Spica densa, brevis, conica, albo'tncarnata, flo- 

 ribus odoris. Bracteaa albo-membranosce, lato»$ubulatce, germini appressm 

 duploque breviores. Germ. gale& semunciali &quale, tortum, curvatum, 

 rubido-virens. Cor. semiringens: pet. 3 enter. galeato*conniventia, libera, 

 ovato4anceolata, cuspidaia, lateralia surrectO'ObUquata 4>4ineata 9 medium 

 S-lineatum; 2 inter, duplo minora, concolora, lineari-oblonga acumine abrupto 

 brevi, columnam interciudentia ; labellum \ parte v. cited tongius petalis, pro* 

 pendens} lamina oblongiuscula, angustius 5-JidoS4oba, mtus disco con* 

 vexiusculo subtiliter scabrata, lobi laterales lineari'attenuati, medius longior 

 3-Jidus laciniis lateralibus lobos laterales exacte referentibus mediA minimi 

 mucroniformi : calcar germini recte pranendms duploque brevius, oblongum, 

 superne compre$$o~subdilatatum, obsolete marginatum. Columna brevis, 

 atba, theca punicea: pollinis mass® indivisoe, <Btuginos<s. Stig. bulla sub* 

 cordata, subpunicans in cavitate antica columna prope infra glandulam anlke- 

 riferam. 



We do not think our plant will bear a separation from 

 this species, solely on account of the crispature in the 

 foliage, and we are not aware of any other distinctive mark. 

 Tephrosanthos itself does not appear to us to afford any very 

 certain difference from militarist the coloured pencilled 

 spots upon the label have been relied on, though they are 



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