

32 DIANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Ophrys. 



in a thick bunch, more numerous and intricate than those of 

 O. bifolia. Stem 12 to I5 inches high, thickest at the base, 

 firm, continuing long after the seeds are shed Leaf-scales 

 dry, numerous, embracing the stem. Spite cylindrical, 4 or 5 

 inches long, rather loose below, close above. Floral-leaves 

 shorter than the germens, spear-shaped. Petals closely ap- 

 proaching, oval. Lip long, at first strap-shaped, but at the end 

 cloven, the segments blunt, straddling. Capsules on fruit- 

 stalks, triangular, a prominent rib along each angle and side, the 

 interstices plain. This and the Orchis abort iva are closely con- 

 nected in habit with Orobanche, Lathraea, and Monotropa. Mr, 

 Woodward. 



Bird's-nest Tnvayblade. Woods and shady places, but rather 

 rare. About Charlton, Maidstone, and Roehill, Kent ; Ald- 

 burgh, Suffolk ; near Ingleton, and in Offley Park. [Heydon, 

 Norfolk. Mr. Bryant. — Buckham Wood, Cumberland. Mr. 

 Woodward. — Woods on a limestone soil, not uncommon about 

 Newton Cartmcl. Mr, Hall. — Benthal-edge, Coalbrooke Dale. 



P. May, June. 



Corallorhi r za.O. Bulbs branched, zigzag: stem sheathed, leafless : lip 



of the nectary 3-cleft. 



Fl. dan. 451-Gjmtk. ii. 6. 3-HalL 44. at ii. p. 15[)-Clus. ii. 

 220. 2-Ger. em. 1585. <2~Park. 136*3. 5-Ger. 13&7- 

 J. B. ii. 78.). \-Lightf. 23, at p. 5<23~Rupp.jen. 2,3- 



Orobanche y &c. 



Stamens 4. in each cell 2. Stalk with only scales which are 

 not green. Hall ■ — but, in a specimen in my possession, the 

 lower sheath terminates in a real spear-shaped leaf, upright, 

 somewhat approaching, half an inch long, 2 lines broad, and 

 above these 2 others which are shorter. Woodward. 



CoraLrooted Tivay blade* Marshy or moist woods, very rare. 

 On the South side of a hanging wood, near the head of Little- 

 Loch- Broom, Rosshire. Lightfoot. — In woods of fir in the 

 North of Scotland. Huds. P. Aug. Sept. 





spiralis. O. Bulbs incorporated, oblong: stem somewhat leafy: 



flowers placed spirally., but pointing one way : lip 

 ol the nectary undivided, finely scolloped. Linn. 



Dicks, h. *.-£. hot. 33~Curt.-Fl. dan. 387-Dod. 239* %~ 

 Lob. obs. 89.* 2. y /V. i. 186. 1-Pari. 1354. 3-Gies. 42. 



* Mr. Hall observes, that the woods in the part of Lancashire where 

 he lives, are cut down every 15 years; that for 6 or 8 years after they are 

 cut, this plant is not to be found, but as soon as the grasses are chiefly 

 destroyed by the shade, it again makes its appearance, and in some places 

 pretty plentiful. 







