1701 
* ORCHIS foliósa. 
Leafy-spiked Orchis. 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Nat. ord, Oncurpgx. Juss. (Introduction to the Natural System of 
Botany, p. 262. 
ORCHIS. Supra, vol. 3, fol. 202. 
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$ 1. Mascuna. Sepalis lateralibus reflexis v. patentibus. Lindl. gen. 
et sp. orch. pars. 4. ined. 
O. foliosa ; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis acuminatis laxê vaginantibus, spicâ oblonga 
multiflorâ, sepalis ovatis acutis, labello latiore quam longo obsolete trilobo 
plano : laciniis lateralibus emarginatis intermediâ acutá mult majoribus, cal- 
care pendulo cornuto labello duplo breviore, bracteis herbaceis acuminatis 
flore sepê longioribus, tuberculis palmatis. 
O. foliosa. Soland. MSS. Lowe Primit. Fl. Mader. p. 13. 
Omnino O. latifoliam refert ; sed omnibus partibus major est, 
nifeste trilobo nec rhomboideo, calcare breviore graciliore, 
labello plano ma- 
caule elatiore. 
A fine species of Orchis, native of woods and copses in 
Madeira; very much like the European O. latifolia, from 
which it differs in being larger in all its parts, having a 
distinctly three-lobed flat lip, instead of a lozenge-shaped con- 
vex one, a shorter and more slender spur, and a taller stem. 
We were favoured with our specimens by Messrs. Young 
and Penny of Milford, near Godalming, in whose collection, 
so rich in Canary plants, it has for some time been culti- 
vated. It succeeds, we are informed, extremely well, either 
in well-drained pots, or a turf pit, in a soil composed of the 
ar portions of heath mould, with a mixture of moss and 
sand. 
Like many others, this species varies wit 
spotless leaves. In this country it flowers in May. 
h spotted and 
* See fol. 1155. 
