GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA, 



* Anther of 2 distinct vertical cells, Jlxed to the summit of 

 the column, 



411. ORCHIS. Orchis. 



Linn. Gen. 461. Juss. 65. FL 5r. 918. Tourn. t. 247. A, B. Lam. 



t.726. 

 Satyrium. Lam. t. 726. 

 Habenaria. Willd. Sp. PL v. 4. 44. Br. Pr. 312. 



Cal, superior, of 3 ovate, slightly concave, nearly equal, 

 spreading or converging, ribbed, partly coloured, leaves. 

 Fet. 2, oblong, smaller than the calyx, ascending, or 

 converging. Nect, a roundish or oblong lip, entire, or 

 mostly lobed, larger than the petals, dependent in front, 

 betwixt the lower calyx-leaves ; extended, more or less, 

 behind, in the form of a tubular spiir, containing the honey, 

 and pervious at its origin. Anther of 2 oblong membra- 

 nous cells, either close together, or widely separated, 

 opening lengthwise in front, above the stigma, and de- 

 positing their obovate, stalked, granulated, elastic masses 

 of pollen, by their stalks, upon 1 or 2 glands, either naked 

 or contained in one common hood, near that organ. Ger- 

 men oblong, or nearly cylindrical, furrowed, spirally 

 twisted. Style thick and short. Stigma a shining moist 

 depression, in front, under, or between, the masses of 

 pollen. Capside oblong, spiral. Seeds very numerous, 

 oval, each in a light chaffy tunic, extended at both ends. 



Roots doubly tuberous, fleshy, either globular or palmate, 

 whitish, internally viscid, with thick, fibrous, superior radi- 

 cles; each knob, or tid)er, solitary, rarely in pairs, flowering 

 but once, and that mostly in the season immediately subse- 

 quent to its formation. Stem solitary, leafy at the base. 

 Leaves chiefly radical, spreading, elliptic-oblong, or lan- 

 ceolate, ribbed, accompanied at the bottom by a few 

 membranous scales, like abortive leaves ; their upper sur- 

 face often spotted with brown or black ; under surface 

 palest. FL numerous, spiked, purple, crimson, or whitish; 

 in some highly fragrant. Cal. ribbed, coloured, as are 

 frequently the germen, cominon stalk, and bracteas. Na- 

 tives of meadows, groves, or open chalky downs. 



