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H.-B. Woods and pastures, frequent ; varying sometimes with white 



flowers. Fl. June. % . 

 Stem 1 foot high. Leaves generally marked with dark purple spots. 



Flowers disposed in a lax oblong spike, purple, the centre of the 



lip whitish at the base and spotted. 

 S. O. pyrnmidalis {pyramidal Orchis), lip 3-cleft the lobes 



equal entire with 2 longitudinal appendages on the upper side 



near the base, segments of the perianth lanceolate the 2 outer 



ones spreading, spur fihform longer than the germen. Lighlf. 



p. 514. E. B. t. 1 10. Hook, in Curt. FL Lund. ed. 2, with 



Hab. Dry pastures, rare, as near Thiloran, in the isle of Colonsay, 

 Lighff. F/.July. 11. 



Stern one foot high, slender. Flowers of a vivid purplish rose colour, 

 spii'ally arranged in a dense pyramidal spike, remarkable for the two 

 processes at the base of the lip, and the great length of the spur. 



■** Tubers 2, palmate. 



4. O. latifolia (Marsh Orchis), lip slightly 3-lobed the sides 

 reflexed, 3 inner segments of the perianth connivent, the spur 

 cylindrical shorter than the germen, bracteas longer than the 

 flowers. Light/, p. 516. E. B. t. 2308. Hook, in Curt. FL 

 Land. ed. 2, ivith a fig. 



Hab. Marshes and moist meadows, common. Fl.. June. 1/. 



Flowers varying from a pale rose colour to deep purple, the lip dotted 

 and marked with darker lines. This species, which is about a foot 

 in height, may always be known by its slightly lobed lip, its broad, 

 nearly erect, and acuminated leaves, and especially by the bracteas, 

 which are leafy and longer than the germens. 



5. O. maculata {spotted palmate Orchis), lip plane 3-lobed 

 crenate, the 3 inner segments of the perianth connivent the 

 lateral ones patent, spur cylindrical shorter than the germen, 

 bracteas as long as the germen. Light/', p. 517 • E, B. 

 ^.632. Hook, in Curt. FL Lond. with a fig. 



Hab. Pastures and heaths, very common. Fl. June, July. 1/ , 

 A foot high, straight, slender. Leaves distant, spotted with purple, 

 keeled. Spike ovato-oblong, dense. Flov^ers white, or pale pur- 

 ple, more or less spotted, streaked, especially on the lip. Its 

 deeply lobcd lip, having the central lobe generally the longest and 

 ovate, together with the small, subulate bracteas, are in themselves 

 sufficient marks of distinction between this and 0. latif. 



2. GYMNADENIA. 



I. G. concpsea (fragrant Gymnadenia). Brown in Hort. Kew. 



ed. 2. V. 5. p. 191. Light/, p. 518, and E. B. t. 10 (Orchis 



conup.). 

 Hab. Pastures and heathy places, not unfrcquentj sometimes varying 



with a white flower. Fl. June — Aug. 2i . 

 Stem nearly 1 foot high. Tubers palmate. Leaves linear-lanceolate. 



