250 GVNAND. MONAND. 



** Anther parallel with thestigma. Pollen muss farinaceous, or coni* 

 posed of angular granules, fixed to the stigma hij its extremity. Br. 



4. GooDYERA. Cor. ringent, with the 2 exterior or lateral seg- 

 ments of the perianth placed beneath the lip, which is gibbous 

 at the base, and undivided at the extremity. Column free. 

 Pollen angular. Br, 



5. LiSTERA. Cor. irregular. Lip 2-lobed. Column wingless. 

 Anllier fixed by its base. Pollen farinaceous. Br. 



*^'^^ Anther terminal, inserted, persistent. Mass of pollen, either pul- 

 verulent or composed of angular granules, jixed by its base or below 

 the extremity. Br. 



6. Epipactis. Lz'P ventricosG below ; the extremity either un- 

 divided or 3-lobed, the middle lobe the largest, connected, 

 as it were, by a joint. Pollen farinaceous. Br. 



^^■f:* j4)ith€r terminal, moveable, deciduous. Mass of pollen at length 

 becoming tvaxy. Br. 



7. Malaxis. up plane, undivided, sessile, (often exterior,) 

 5 segments of the perianth narrower, spreading or deflexed. 

 Masses of pollen 4, parallel with each other, fixed to the 

 stigma bv their extremities. Br. 



8. CoRAi.LORRHiZA. Lip produccd behind, adnate with the 

 .spur or free. Column free. Masses of pollen 4, oblique 



3t parallel). Br. 



1. MONANDRIA. 

 ]. ORCHIS. 



* Tubers two, undivided. 



1. O. Morio {Meadow Orchis), \\p 3-lobed, the lobes crenate 

 obtuse middle one emarginate, segments of the perianth as- 

 cending obtuse, spur conical ascending shorter than the ger- 

 men. Lightf.p.5\4. E.B.t. 2059. Hook, in Curt. Fl. 

 Lond. ed. 2, with a fig. 



Hab. Pastures and moist woods, frequent *. Fl. June. 7/ . 



Stem from a span to 1 foot high. Flotvers few, in an ovate, lax spike. 

 Bractca about as long as the germen. The 5 segmoitsoi the peri- 

 anth close together and form the helmet, purplish green. Lip pur- 

 ple, whitish in the middle, with purple spots. 



2. O. mascula {early spotted Orchis), lip 3-lobed crenulate 

 obtuse, the middle lobe cleft, segments of the perianth cleft 

 the exterior one reflexed, spur linear ascending con)pressed at 

 theextremity rather longer than the germen. Light/', p. 5 15. 

 E. B. i. 631. Hook, in Curt. FL Lond. ed. 2, with a Jig. 



" Not iu Flora Glottiana. 



