252 GYNAND. MONAND. 



keeled, l^oirers in an oblongs rather dense spike, purple. Ltjj 3- 

 lobed, the lobes equal, entire, not spotted. Tlie 2 lateral or exte- 

 rior segments of the perhinUi spreading^ their margins rolled back, 

 the 3 superior ones broadly ovate, connivent. Spur filiform, twice 

 as long as the germen. The 2 c^dls of the nnlhcrs are perforated at 

 the biuse, through which the naked, large, and oblong glands of the 

 stalks of the pollen mass appear. Granules of pollen green^ lax. 

 Bracfeas longer than the germen. — This plant exhales a most de- 

 liglitfui fragrance. The structure of tlie anther is very curious, and 

 different from that of Orchis; and the long flexuose spur gives the 

 plant a remarkable appearance. 



3. HABENARIA. 



1. H. viridis {green Hubev aria), spur very short somewhat 2- 

 lobed, lip linear tridentatc, middle tooth very small, bracteas 

 much longer than the flower, tubers palmate. Brown in 

 Horf. Kew. ed. 2. v. 5. p. 1[)2. Hook, in Curt. FL Lo/id. 

 ed. 2. ivith afg. Liglilf. p. 5 U)^ and E. B. t. 94 {Satijrmm 

 viride) . 



J4ab. Dry hilly pastures, not uncommon. Pastures near Caroline 



Park, and Cramond Island, Edinb., kc, Maugh. Daldowie woods. 



Dr. Brown ; and at Dougaldston, Glasg., Flop/:. 

 Stem 6 — 8 inches high; lower leaves nearly ovate, obtuse 3 segments 



of the perianth connivent, and forming a helmet, green. Lip short, 



small, brownish. 



2. W.alindu {small loliite Hnhenarin), spur obtuse much shorter 

 than the germen, lip o-cleft, lobes acute middle one longest. 

 Brown in Horf. Kew. ed. 2. 7). 5. p. 1 93. [look, in FL Lond. 

 ii'ith a Jig. IJghtf.p. 519, and E. B. t. 505 {Satyrium albi- 



dum). 



H.\B. NIountainouspastures, not rare, especially in the Highlands and 

 Western Isles. Campsie Hills, Slc, Mr. Murraij.' Appin, i'apt. 

 Cannichael. Near Inverness, Anderson ; also many other places. 

 FL July, Aug. 1/ . 



About a span high. Lrrn;^.soblong, striated; lower ones obtuse. Flow- 

 ers white, small, fpigrunt. Segments of the perianth slightly spread- 

 ing. Lip a little dcHexed, short. 



3. H. hi folia {Butterfly Habenaria), spur filiform twice as long 

 as the germen, lip linear entire, radical leaves binous oblongo- 

 obovate, attenuated at the base. Brown in Horf. Kew.ed. 2. 

 v.^. p. 193. Hook, in Curt. FL Lond. ed. 2. with a Jig. 

 Light/, p. 412, and E. B. I. 22 {Orchis bijolia). 



Has. "Moist meadows and marshy places in the mountains, frequent. 

 F/. May, .Time. H . ' 



Tubers undivided, tiipering. Stem 1 — 1^ foot high, with two large ra- 

 dical leaves and 3 — 4 very small cauline ones. Spilce long, of nu- 

 merous large, yellowish-white, very fragrant JZohv/*-. The base.s ot" 

 the cells of the anther very distant from each other. 



