



DIANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Orchis. 



Flowers purple, rather few. Petals all blunt, marked with 

 lines, approaching. Lip bent back, finely scolloped at the sides, 

 with 3 clefts, the middlemost nicked. Linn. — Flowers 6 to 12, 

 loosely disposed. Horn shorter than the germen. Lip of the 

 Nectary very broad, the middle segment dotted, smaller than the 

 side ones, Relhan. — Leaves sea-green, shining. Woodward. 

 Sometimes spotted in the spring, the spots growing paler as 

 the flowers advance. Mr. Stackhouse.- — Differs from the O. 

 mascula as follows: Stem lower. Spike of fewer flowers. Bulbs 

 small, round, one fixed to the base of the stem, the other con- 

 nected by a fibre of the thickness of a pack-thread, and half an 

 inch long. Petals, the 3 upper forming the hood, and covering 

 the lower ones, always scored with 3 or .5 greenish veins. 

 Woodward. — The green lines on the petals distinguish it from 

 every other Orchis. Ray* 



Var. 1. Flowers flesh-coloured, or white. Ray. 



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Female Fool-stones. Meadow 



and pastures. 



Moistish 



May, J 



O. Lip of the nectary 4-lobed, finely scolloped: horn mas'cula* 



blunt : upper petals turned back. 



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236'. \-Lob. ebs. 8?. 3; ic. i. l?6. i-Ger. em. 208. 3 



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 763. 1-Lonic.i. 201. \-Mi 

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Flowers purple. Petals, the outer rather pointed, bent back. 

 Lip with 3 clefts, the middlemost segment cloven, and longer 

 than the side ones. Spur somewhat nicked. Very closely allied 

 to O. morio, but differing as follows. Stem as tall again. 

 Flowers numerous. The 2 petals on the back bent backwards, 

 and not all approaching into a helmet. The middlemost lobe of 

 the lip the smallest. Linn. — Bulbs oval, both fixed to the base 

 of the stem. Stem 12 to 15 inches high. Leaves spear-shaped, 

 bright green and shining above, sea green underneath, with 

 longitudinal parallel veins, usually with large brown spots. 

 Floral-leaves longer than the germen. Flowers of a darker or 

 paler purple, rarely white. Petals spear-shaped, pointed, the 2 

 lateral ones upright, and bent back to back, the middle one ex- 

 panding and lying over the 2 lower ones, which are closely 



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approaching, and of a paler colour. 



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towards the base, broad, with 3 lobes, the side ones roundish, 

 scolloped, the middle one notched at the end. Horn as long as 







