1701 



* 6RCHIS foliosa. 

 Leafy -spiked Orchis. 



GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 



Nat. ord, ORCHiDEiE. Juss. (Introduction to the Natural System of 

 Botany, p. 262.) 



ORCHIS. Supra, vol. 3, fol. 202. 



§ 1. Mascul^. Sepalis lateralibus re/lexis v. patentibus. Lindl. gen. 

 et sp. orch. pars. 4. ined. 



O. foliosa ; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis acuminatis lax6 vaginantibus, spica oblonga 

 multiflora, sepalis ovatis acutis, labello latiore quam longo obsolete trilobo 

 piano: laciniis lateralibus emarginatis intermedia acuta multomajoribus, cal- 

 care pendulo cornuto labello duplo breviore, bracteis herbaceis acuminatis 

 flore saepe longioribus, tuberculis palmatis. 



O. foliosa. Soland. MSS. Lowe Primit. Fl. Mader. p. 1 3. 



Omnino 0. latifoliam refert ; sed omnibus partibus major est, labello piano ma- 

 nifeste trilobo nee rhomboideo, calcare breviore graciliore, caule elatiore. 



A fine species of Orchis, native of woods and copses in 

 Madeira ; very much like the European O. latifolia, from 

 which it differs in being larger in all its parts, having a 

 distinctly three-lobed flat lip, instead of a lozenge-shaped con- 

 vex one, a shorter and more slender spur, and a taller stem. 



We were favoured with our specimens by Messrs. Young 

 and Penny ofMilford, near Godalming, in whose collection, 

 so rich in Canary plants, it has for some time been culti- 

 vated. It succeeds, we are informed, extremely well, either 

 in well-drained pots, or a turf pit, in a soil composed of the 

 turfy portions of heath mould, with a mixture of moss and 

 sand. 



Like many others, this species varies with spotted and 

 spotless leaves. In this country it flowers in May. 



* See fol. 115.^. 



