- ORCHIDALS. - 5] ORCIIIDS. 
1. M. arundinacea Linneus.—(ARA-Roor, or ArRow-Roor.) Fig. 84, 85. 
Stem branched ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, hairy on the under side ; peduncles 
2-flowered. 
_ Habitat, Tropical America. 
— Quality. Starch nutritive, emollient, demulcent, 
Uses. Starch an article of diet, under the name of Jamaica arrow-root. 
THE ORCHIDAL ALLIANCE (V. K., p. 170.) 
: Natural Order, @rehits ; Orchidaceee (¥. B., p, 173.) 
Prevailing Quality. Stimulating, fragrant. 
Orcuis. Linneus. 
Anther terminal, erect. Lip spurred. Pollen 
sectile. Pollen-masses two, with their 
glands inclosed in a common pouch. 
+ 0. mascula Linneus, 
cots oblong, undivided ; leaves spotted ; 
spike loose, many-flowered ; Sepals re- 
flexed ; lip 3-lobed, the intermediate 
lobe being emarginate, with a blunt 
horizontal spur. 
Habitat. Meadows in Europe, 
Quality, Roots gummy, b 
nutritious, emollient, 
8s. Roots form the 
agreeable diet called 
Salep, 
86 
7 maculata Linnzeus.—(Sporrep Orcnts.) Fig. 86. : 6 
Yes spotted ; roots palmate ; spike conical ; sepals recurved ; ig: 
_, Meutely 3-lobed, with a slender pendulous spur. 
Talat ana Quality. As in the last. 
—__ ‘elds part of the inferior English Salep. 
Tame; oro of 0, macnn; 8 of masa common forms of Salep. a 
