22 DIANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Orchis. 



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referred to by Mr. Ray, and neither the height of the plant, the 

 more or less egg or spear-shape of the leaves, nor yet the season 

 of flowering, nor the stations, afford any very permanent distinc- 

 tions. I have now before me several specimens gathered in June 

 in the new forest near the monument of Rufus, which agree with 

 Var. 2, and amongst them is one with 3 leaves, and another with 

 4, acutely spear-shaped, and only 7 inches high. The greenish 

 white colour of the blossoms, and the great length of the horn, 

 distinguish them sufficiently from all other British species* 



pyramidalis. 0. Lip of the nectary 2-horned^ 3-cJeft: segments equal: 



very entire : horn long : petals somewhat spear- 

 shaped. 



Jacq. austr. 266-Ray 18, at p. §77 -Hall, 35. ), at ii. p. 

 148-.E. hot, \\Q-?et. 68. 4-?. B. ii. 7&t. l-Clus. i. 

 26y. 1-Ger. em. 210. A-Pari. 1349. A-Flcwers only, 

 Va'tll. 31. 38. 



Stem a hand's breadth high, jointed. Leaves 5 or 6 ; spear- 

 shaped, pointed, membranaceous* Floral leaves spear-shaped, 

 coloured, as long as the germen. Flowers purple ; white ones 

 have been observed by Mappi." Petals egg-spear-shaped, 3 ap- 

 proaching, the two lateral ones expanding, bent back. Lip broad, 

 with 2 oblong longitudinal bulgings at the base. Linn. — Spile 

 short, close, pyramidal : horn longer than the germen. Relhan. 

 Stem 8 to 15 inches high. Leaves spear-shaped, acute. 

 Woodward —Stem and leaves of a silky glossiness ; leaves 

 strap- spear-shaped. Flowers whitish, purple. St. The bulging 





protuberances on the lip of the nectary, give, as remarked by 

 I Dr. Smith, the distinguishing character of this species. 



Late-flo<wering Orchis. Pyramidal Orchis. Meadows and 

 pastures in a calcareous soil. [About Stocking-wood, Leicester- 

 shire, rare. Dr. Pulteney. — Road sides in the Northern parts 

 of Northamptonshire. Mr. Pitt.] P, June, July. 



Var. 2. Flowers white. Linn. St. Relhan. Woodward. 

 Chalk pit Close. Relhan. 



mo'rio. O. Lip of the nectary 4-cleft, finely scolloped : horn 



^ blunt, ascending : petals blunt, approaching. Linn. 



Lip of the nectary with 3 lobes, the middlemost 

 notched at the end. 



CurU-Wak.-Bod. 236. 2-Lob. oh. 88. i ; k. i. 176. 2- 

 Ger. em. 208. 2-Park. 1347. 4~Ger. 158. 6-Fucfa. 55<h 

 J. B. ii. 76l. 3, Lome. i. 202. \-llall 33. 2, at ii. p> 

 244-.F/. dan. 253-VaiJl, 31. 13 and I A, flowers only. 







