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ORCHIS MASCULA. 



MALE ORCHIS. 



ST NO NY MA 



foliis maculat 



Saty 



.Fharm, Kd'mb 



Orch 



Emac, p 



4 



r 



Bauh. Pin. p, ^i. Park, Theat, p, 

 Synop, p, 376. Cynoforchis morio mas 



mono mas 



346 



R 



an 



8 



Orchis radicibus fubrotund 



tl T 



petali 



Gerard, 



ateralibus 



\ 



reflexis ; labello trifido ; fegmento medio longiori, bifido. Hal, Stirb 

 Helv, n, 12S6. tab. i'^. Orchis mafcula. Hudfon Flor. Ang. p^ ... 



LightfootFlor,Scot,p,si5. Flor.Da?t,t,^S7' Gurt,Flor,Lond,t,iii 

 Clafs Gynandria. Or^/. Diandria. ' Lin, Gen, Plant, i 



009 



EJf, Gen, Ch, NeEiarium corniforme pone florem. 



Sp, Ch, O, bulbis indivifis, nedarii labio quadrilobo crenulato: 



cornu obtufo, petalis dorfalibus reflexis. 



v 



J 



THE root is perennial, confifting of two roundifh bulbs, from 



the upper part of which fe\ 



fmall fibres are produced : the ftalk 



is upright, round, fmooth, folid, fmipl^, purplilh towards the top, and 

 riles about a foot in height : the leaves are radical, long, pointed with 

 - fharp prominent midrib, and commonly marked with dark coloured 



the flowers are purpliih, and terminate the ftem in a long 

 regular fpike: the brade^ are membranous, purple, lance-fliaped, 

 and generally twifted at their points : the corolla is compofed of five 

 petals, two of which are upright, of an oval pointed fliape, and their 

 tips bent inwards : the other three are placed outwardly, and approach 

 lo as to form a galea, or helmet : the lip is large, with three lobes, of 

 wjiich that in the middle is the longefl: ; they are notched, and fpotted 



\ 



towards the bafe, which is wh 



the nedarium 



gth 



d 



behind into a tubular part, refembling a little horn : the filaments ar. 

 two, fhort inferted in the germen, and furniflied with oval anthers 



which are incafed in the limb of the 



) 



ed:ary : the germen 



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^ d twifted : the ^j\t is fhort, with a compreffed fti-ma 

 is oblong, and contains numerous fmall 



meadows, and flowers in April and May, 



oblong 

 capfule 



feed 



It 



common 



This 



