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OrcHIs TEPHROSANTHOS; var. densifolius. Narrow- 
LipPED Mirrrary Orcuis; Crowded-flowered var. 
KKK KEE KEKE EKER EEE EE 
Class and Order. 
GynanpRIA Monanpria. 
( Nat. Ord.—OrcnipeEx. ) 
Generic Character. 
Corolla ringens. Labellum basi subtus calearatum. 
Glandule (1—2.) pedicellorum pollinis incluse cucullo 
unico. Br. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Orcuis tephrosanthos ; labello tripartito, laciniis linearibus 
intermedia bifida cum mucrone interjecto, petalis acutis 
conniventibus, cornu subincurvo germine duplo brevi- 
ore, bracteis brevissimis. 
Orcuis tephrosanthos. Vill. Delph. v. 2. p. 32. Desf. Atl. 
v. 2. p. 318. Hook. in Fl. Lond. N.S. cum Ic. 
Orcuis militaris. Engl. Bot. t. 1873. 
Orcuis militaris? Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 1334. 
Orcnis simiam referens. Vaill. Bot. Par. t. 31. f- 25, 26. 
(excellent ). 
(8.) spica mulltiflora, foliis latioribus. Tab. nostr. 3426. 
Orcuis simia. De Cand. Fl. Fr. ed. 3. v. 2. p. 249. 
This extremely handsome Orcnis has been received at 
the Glasgow Botanic Garden, from the Continent of Europe, 
under the name of O. simia; buta careful comparison with 
the rare O. tephrosanthos of the south of England will show 
that, notwithstanding its greater size and beauty, it can 
only be considered a luxuriant state of that plant. It seems 
to be a species that has been very little understood, and 
consequently that has received different appellations, be- 
sides those quoted above ; such as, for example, O. zoophora, 
Tuurtt., O. cinerea, Scurank, O. cercopitheca, Porr., &e. De 
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