28 DIANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Orchis. 



dows, when the spike is large and a hand's breadth long ; also in 

 barren pastures, when the spike is only half the size, and with 

 fewer flowers. Ray. 



Van 2. Leaves not spotted. 

 Anchandenny Woods, Scotland. Parsons in^. scot. 518. 





conop'sea. O. Horn of the nectary bristle -shaped, longer than the 



germen : lip cloven into 3 : two of the petals veiy 

 much expanding. 



Dicks, h. s.-FL dan. 224-£. hot. IQ-Hall. 2<). 2, at. ii. 147 



-Vaill. 30. 8 and$-Fuchs. 712- J. B. ii. 778. l-Lob.obs. 



91* 2. ic. i. 18 v 9. %-Ger. em. 223. C 2-Park. 1358. 5- 

 H.ox. xii. 14. U-Ger. 17 1. "-Flowers only, Vaill. 30, 

 8 and 8. 



Resembling O. pyramidalis. Petals, the outer expanding. 



Lip finely scolloped ; segments equal, the middlemost very en- 

 tire. Spur very long, as in O. pyramidalis. Linn. — Stem 12 to 



18 inches mgETcylindrical below, angular above. Leaves spear- 

 I shaped, pointed ; bright green, keeled, with a strong mid-rib, 

 / on each side of which is one strong rib, and 2 or 3 fainter 

 veins ; lower stem-leaves embracing the stem ; the upper sitting, 

 decreasing in size till they resemble the floral-leaves. Floral- 

 leaves spear-shaped, acute, longer than the germen. Spike long, 

 V loose. Flowers flesh-coloured, or pale purple, very sweet. Petals, 

 the middlemost of the outer and the 2 inner ones closely ap- 

 proaching, their points bent inwards, and covering the stamens ; 

 the 2 outer spear-shaped, at right angles with the lip of the 

 nectary. Spur slender, semi-transparent, much longer than the 

 germen. Stamens with 2 fleshy prominences at their base. 

 Summit, the opening between the stamens very apparent. Woodw. 

 Leaves strap-shaped, doubled together lengthwise. Upper lip 

 of the nectary cloven. Horn crooked. The great length of the 

 / horn of the nectary is sufficient to distinguish it from every other 

 I species in this subdivision. 



Red-handed Orchis. Meadows and pastures. [In a morass 

 near Leeds. Mr. Woodw. — Knutsford Moor, Cheshire. Mr. 

 Aikin. — Pastures under Shortwood near Pucklechurch, Glocest. 

 and on the Wiltshire Downs. Mr. Swayne. — Dry pastures near 

 Auchin Dewney, 7 miles from Edinburgh, and abundantly on 

 the hilly grounds N. of the river Leven, Dumbartonsh. Dr. 



P. June. 



Hope. J 



(3) Roots fibrous. [Satyrium albidum.] 



aborti'va, O. Bulbs thread-shaped : lip of the nectary egg-shaped j 



very entire : stem leafless. 



Jacj. austr. \§Z-HalL 06, at ii. p. 151-JSuxb* iiu 1. It 



