134 THES FLORA OF  PHE ALPS 
seed-vessel a 3-valved capsule. A very large order, be- 
longing to nearly all climates, but most abundant in the 
Tropics. 
1 “ORCHIS; L. 
Root composed of globose, ovoid, or palmate tubers ; 
leaves chiefly radical, sheathing ; flowers in a usually dense 
spike; corolla spurred, with a decurved or deflexed lip 
(labellum) ; pollen-masses falling forwards after removal ; 
a projecting rostellum beneath the anther-lobes ; ovary 
generally twisted. 
A. Lobes of labellum not coiled spirally; sepals and 
lateral petals connivent into a hood:—O. ustulata, L., 
Dark-winged Orchis ; stem 3-6 in., flowers small (4 in.), 
lip white with dark purple spots, hood black-purple, lip 
3-cleft for half its length, spike elongated, cylindrical ; 
pastures, chiefly calcareous ; Switzerland, Jura, Pyrenees. 
O. tridentata, Scop.; resembling ustulata, but flowers 
larger, lip pale lilac spotted with red, spur longer; 
Ticino. O. coriophora, L.; spike dense, cylindrical, 
sepals and lateral petals acuminate, hood reddish-brown, 
lip reddish with purple dots; meadows, local. O. globosa, 
L. (Pl. 107); spike dense, hemispherical, flowers pink, 
lip with darker dots, sepals and lateral petals ending 
in a broad spathulate point, stem 8-18 in., leafy, tuber 
undivided; meadows, frequent. O. Morio, L., Green- 
winged Orchis; spike lax, flowers pink with green veins, 
sepals and petals obtuse, lip spotted, spur nearly straight; 
meadows, common. O. purpurea, Huds. (fusca, Jacq.); 
stem I-3 ft., spike dense, flowers large (? in.), sepals and 
petals green-purple outside, spotted inside, lip spotted 
with purple, spur short; thickets, occasional. O. mz/2- 
