GYNANDllIA— MONANDRIA. Orchis. 11 



3. O. Moi'io. Green -winged Meadow Orchis. 



Knobs of the rool oval. Lip of the nectary four-cleft, some- 

 what crenate; spur obtuse, ascending. Calyx many- 

 ribbed, converging. 



O. Morio. Linn. Sp. PI. 1333. Mant. 4S5. Willd. v. 4. 18. FL 



Br. 920. Engl Bot. v. 29. t. 2059. Curt. Lond.fasc. 3. ^ 59. 



Hook. Scot. 250. Ft. Dan. t. 253. ; not good. 

 O, n. 1282. Hall. Hist. v. 2. 143. t. 33 ; the small figure. 

 O. morio foemina. Bank. Pin. 82. Raii Sijn. 377. Faill. Par. 149. 



t.Sl.f. 13, 14. Segu. Veron. v. 2. 1^25. t. \b.f. 7. Rudh. Elys. 



V.2. 193./. 4. 

 O. minor purpurea, et aliorum colorum, cum alls virentibus. Bauli. 



Hist. V. 2. 761./. 

 Cynosorchis. Brunf.Herb.v. 1. 104./. 

 C. morio foemina. Lob. Ic. 176. f. Ger. Em. 208./. 

 Testiculus morionis foemina. Dod. Pempt. 236./ 

 Testiculi species quarta. Camer. Epit. 624./. 

 Triorchis serapias mas. Fuchs. Hist. 559./. Dalech. Hist. 1554./ 

 T. mas minor. Fuchs, Ic. 321. f. 



In rather moist meadows and pastures, among short grass, frequent. 



Perennial. May, June. 



Knobs nearly globose, not pointed ; one of them often a little re- 

 moved from the other by a stalk. Stem clothed with leafy 

 sheaths. Leaves lanceolate, of a rather dull unspotted green, 

 somewhat glaucous ; the under side paler and shining. Spike 

 rather lax. Bracteas lanceolate, membranous, partly purple, 

 the length of the germens. Fl. scentless, purple ; sometimes 

 pale, or flesh-coloured ; sometimes varying to crimson, or to a 

 light violet 3 but the numerous green ribs of the calyx-leaves 

 are equally strong in all the varieties. These 3 leaves converge 

 over the column in a vaulted form, enclosing the petals. Spur 

 blunt, rather shorter than the germen, curved upwards. Lip in 

 4 unequal lobes j the lateral ones largest, deflexed, mostly 

 notched at the margins ; the disk pale, dotted with purple. 

 Cells of the anther close together. The masses of pollen, for- 

 merly taken for anthers, split each into two lobes. 



4. O. mascula. Early Purple Orchis. 



Knobs of the root oval. Lip of the nectary four-cleft, cre- 

 nate ; spur obtuse. Calyx-leaves three-ribbed ; two la- 

 teral ones reflexed upwards. 



O. mascula. Linn. Sp. PL 1333. fVilld. v. 4. 18. Fl. Dr. 920. 



Engl. Bot. V. 9. t.63l. Curt. Lond.fasc. 2.t. 62. Woodv. t. 90. 



Dicks. H. Sicc.fasc. 11. 14. Hook. Scot. 250. Jacq. Misc. v. 2. 



375. Ic. liar. t. 180. Fl. Dan. t. 457. 

 O. n. 1283. Hall. Hist. v. 2. 144. t. 33 j the larger figure. 



