

DIANDRTA. MONOGYNIA. Ophiys. 35 



Bifolium palustre, Park. 505 — R. Syn. 385, Woodw. — Low 

 Wet grounds between Hatfield and St. Alban's, and divers places 

 in Romney Marsh. Park. — Boggy and fenny grounds near 

 Gamlingay, Cambridgeshire. Hurst Hill and Tunbridge Wells. 

 R. Syn. — [Marshy ground. Mr.WooDWARD. — Hallinghall wood, 

 near Loughborough. Buddon wood. Stocking wood, near 

 Leicester. Pulteney.J 



O. Bulb fibrous: stem with 2 leaves: leaves heart-shaped. cordVta. 



Dicks, h. s.-E. hot. 35S-HalL 22. 4 ; Ophryt, &c. at ii. 

 332-7". B - »«• 5 34. '2-Pet. 70. U-H. ox. xii. 11. row I. 



\-Gunn. ii. 3. 6. 



Leaves opposite. Lip cloven, with a tooth on each side of 

 the base, which is not the case in O. ovata. Linn. — Root, 

 fibres not bundled. Stem 6 to 9 inches high. Spike short, with 

 few flowers. Floral-leaves minute, oval spear-shaped, as long 

 as the fruit- stalks. Petals expanding, green, the 3 outer oval 

 spear-shaped, the 2 inner spear-shaped. Lip strap-shaped, green, 

 purplish at the base, divided below the middle ; segment awl. 

 shaped. Woodward. 



Least Tvuayblade. Moist mountainous heaths, especially in 

 boggy ground, in Yorkshire, Lancashire, and Westmoreland. 

 [On Ingleborough, and on the high moor between Sheffield and 

 Chatsworth. Dr. Smith.] P. June, July. 



(2) Bulls undivided. 



O. Bulb roundish: stalk naked, 3 -cornered: lip of the Loese'lii. 



nectary egg-shaped. 



Dicks, h. s. — Fl. dan. S77-E. hot. *t~~-Lob. adv. alt. 506. I 



-J, B. ii. 770. \.-Pluk. 217- 2. -Pet. 70, 12. 



Root a bulb, ascending, with a branch. Leaves spear-shaped, 

 2, nearly as long as the stalk. Stalk 3-square above. Flown 

 5 to 8, and not more. Petals narrow, bent back. Lip egg- 

 shaped, large with respect to the rest. Linn. — Stalk 6 inches 

 high, upright, with from 3 to 5 angles, smooth. Root-leaves 

 very entire, bare. Flowers in a bunch, yellowish green, 4 to 6* 

 or 7. Petals, the 3 outer strap- shaped, bent back, green, the 

 two inner on the sides thread-shaped, somewhat purplish. Lip 

 very entire, somewhat purplish. Capsule upright, oblong, an- 

 gular. Seeds numerous, small. Huds. 



DvoarfTvj ay blade. O. lilifolia Loeselii. Huds. — But the 

 O. lilifolia is not a native of Europe. Woodward. — St. — Since 

 confirmed by Dr. Smith, from a comparison with the herbarium 

 of Linne . [St. Faith's-Newton bogs near Norwich ; a single 



specimen given to Mr. Lightfoot. Mr. Pitchford.— Non% 



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