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leaves usually spotted with black; meadows, common. 
O. sambucina, L.; flowers very large, yellow, rarely 
purple, spur as long as ovary or longer, stem 4—I0 in. ; 
sub-alpine meadows, local. O. cordigera, Fr. ; spike 4-6- 
flowered, flowers purple, stem about 3 in., lip cordate, 
spur short, conical; Salzburg, rare. 
In this and the previous section there are many inter- 
mediate forms, which are probably hybrids. 
C. Lobes of lip not coiled spirally ; spur very long :— 
O. pyramidalis, L. (Anacamptis pyramidalis, Rich.) ; 
flowers pink, in a short crowded pyramidal spike, stem 
6-18 in., nearly leafless, leaves linear-lanceolate, acute; 
hill-sides, local. 
D. Lobes of lip very long, coiled spirally in bud ; sepals 
and petals forming a green hood; spur very short :—QO. 
hircina, L. (Himantoglossum hircinum, Sprg.), Lizard 
Orchis; flowers large (14 in.), lip white with purple spots, 
stem 1-4 ft., nearly leafless, bracts very long; middle lobe 
of lip very long, strap-shaped; hill-sides, rare. 
2. OPHRVS, AL. 
Sepals and petals spreading, lip usually convex, vel- 
vety, not spurred; ovary not twisted; otherwise like 
Orchis. Not alpine. 
O. apifera, Huds., Bee-Orchis; sepals pink or white 
inside, lip dark purple, very convex and velvety, re- 
sembling the body of a humble-bee, lateral petals linear ; 
open hill-sides, especially calcareous, local. O. musczfera, 
Huds., Fly-Orchis; sepals yellow-green, lip nearly flat, 
narrow, bright red-brown, lateral petals linear ; open hill- 
sides, especially calcareous, rare. O. aranzfera, Huds., 
