DIANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Orchis. Si 





OR'CHIS. Nectary like a horn, behind the flower: 



BIoss. gaping. 



(1) Bulbs of the root undivided. 



O. Lip of the nectary spear-shaped ; very entire : horn bifo'lia. 



very long : petals expanding. 



Dicks, h. s.-Curt.-E. hot. 22"Ludw. $5-Hall. 35. 2, at ii. 

 /. 14S-JfT/r/>£. 6-Walc-Dod. 237. 2-Lob. obs. 88. 2, ic. 

 i. 178. 1-Ger. em. 211. 2-Park. 1351. !~Pet. 68. 11- 

 Ger. 165. 9-H* ox. xii. 12. 18-J. B. ii. 77\-Matth. 

 880. 2-Fl. dan. 235-Black<w. 5$8-Flo<wers only, Vail/. 

 30. 7-Seguier. 15. 10. 



Flower white, of a very sweet scent in the night. Petals, 

 the outer expanding. Lip spear-shaped, very entire. Spur awl- 

 shaped. Linn. Leaves shining underneath, as if varnished. 



Butterfly Orchis. Shotoverhill and Tarwood, Oxfordshire. 

 Sibthorp. 





Var. 1. Leaves exactly oval. 



There does not seem to be any exact figure of this. The 

 plants are full 2 feet high ; the leaves either two or three, ex- 

 actly oval or elliptical, 6 inches long and 3 inches wide. 



[Shortwood near Puckle church, Gloucestersh. Mr. Swayne. 

 Woods and shady lanes, Leicestershire, common. Pulteney, 

 Woods at Envil. Staffordshire.! 



Ray, which may be thus characterized. 



hav 



Var. 2. Leaves 2, egg-spear-shaped. 

 J. B. ii. 772-Park. 1350-Ger. l62-Ger. em. 211. l-Lob. 



ic. 178. 2. 





Mr, 



that the flowers are few, white, thinly set, extremely sweet, the 

 lip narrow, the spur very long, the leaves 2, broad, like those of 

 lilies. 



It is found in woods and thickets, and flowers in May. P. 





Leaves 



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Lob. ic. 178. 1. — Such are the references of Ray, who also says, 

 that it is a lower plant than the preceding, not above 9 inches 

 high ; that the root-leaves are three in number, narrower than 

 in Var. 2, that it is found in pastures, and flowers a month 

 later, viz. in June. 



There does not appear sufficient reasons for considering these 

 as really distinct ; the root-leaves are 3 in only one of the figures 



