GYNANDRIA— MONANDRIA. Herminium. 27 



1. H. monorchis. Green Musk-orchis. 

 Radical leaves two, lanceolate. Bi', 



H. monorchis. Br. as above, \^\. Co7??p. ed. 4. 143. Hook. Lond. 

 t. 138. 



Ophrys monorchis. Linn. Sp. PL 1342. PVilld. v.4.6\. Fl. Br. 

 936. Engl.Bot.v,\.t.7i. Dicks. H. Sice. fasc. 10. 18. Fl.Dan. 

 M02. Ehrh.Phytoph.27. 



Orchis n. 15. Gmel.Sib.v. l.\8.t.4.f. 1. 



O. n. 1262. Hall. Hist.v. 2. \32.t. 22./. 2. 



O. odorata moschata, sive Monorchis. Bauh. Pin. 84. Rati Syn. 

 378. Rudb.Elys.v.2.207J.\. Rupp. J en. ed.\. 282. f. 



O. parva autumnalis lutea. Bauh. Hist. v. 2. 768./. 



O. coleo unico, seu Monorchis flosculis pallid^ viridibus. Loes. 

 Pruss. 184. ^.61. 



O, trifolia, floribus spicatis herbaceis. Segu. Veron. v. 2. \3\. t. 16. 

 /. 15. 



Monorchis montana minima, flora obsolete vix conspicuo. Mich. 

 Gen. 30. t. 26. f. E, F. Segu. Veron. suppl. 251. <. 8./. 8. 



M. bifolia, floribus viridibus, moschum olentibus. Mentz. Pugill. 

 t.5.f.3. 



M. foliis angustis, fl.luteis ceram olentibus. Ibid,/. 4. 



Serapias et Triorchis iEginetse. Lob. Ic. 187./. 



Testiculus odoratus. Ger. Em. 218./. 



Triorchis lutea Gemmae. Dalech. Hist. 1561./. 



On chalky banks and hillocks, but not very common. 



In the great chalk-pit at Marham, Norfolk. 1779. Found also in 

 Berkshire, Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, Essex, Kent and Surrey, 

 but not in the north. 



Perennial. June, July. 



Root of several thick woolly fibres, and one globular hairy knob, 

 the size of a large pea, which is the source of the plant of the 

 present year. One of ihcse apparent fibres, rarely more, bears 

 at its extremity a small young knob, destined to enlarge after- 

 wards, and to flower in the following summer. Herb smooth, of 

 a light bright green. Stem 4 or 5 inches high. Leaves two, 

 rarely three, sheathing, alternate, at, or near, the bottom of the 

 stem, elliptic-lanceolate, acute, obscurely ribl)cd, concave 3 the 

 third, if present, often elevated towards the middle of tlic stem • 

 and there is occasionally a small, membranous, lanceolate, 

 taper-])ointed bractea higher up, similar to those under each 

 flower. Spike dense, 1 ^ or 2 inches long. /7. small, numerous, 

 smelling like musk and honey, especially in an evening. Cal. 

 green, leafy, concave, spreading equally in three directions. 

 Pet. of a totally different substance, thick, yellowish, longer 

 than the calyx, spreading between its leaves ; ovate at the base, 

 with a more or less prominent angle, or lobe, at each side, and 

 suddenly tapering into an elongated point. Lip of the exact 



