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THE OBCHIS FAMILT. 



10. Fragrant Mountain 

 Orchis. 



12. 



Green Mountain 

 Orchis. 



II. — Leaves several ; a portion or the whole of them radical. 



Tail of the perianth very slender, and at least twice as 



long as the ovary. Flowers deUciously fragrant. 



Flowers rather few, large, distant, greenish-white, the 



lip linear and entire. Stem twelve to eighteen 



inches high, angular. Kadical leaves two, 



oblong-obovate, narrowed at the base. Tubers 



undivided 11. Butterfly ORCHia. 



Flowers numerous, in a rather dense cluster, and of a'' 

 uniform spotless crimson, or sometimes white, 

 the lip in three equal and entire lobes. 

 Stem one foot high. Leaves linear-lanceolate. 



Tubers palmate 



Tail of the perianth (if any) not longer than the ovary. 



Flowers yellowish-green, without any intermixture of 



red. Stem six to eight inches high. Lower 



leaves nearly ovate. Tubers palmate 



Flowers crimson, purple, or lilac, sometimes white ; 



often speckled or mottled with darker crimson, 



or other colour. 



Tail of the perianth nearly as long as the ovary. 



Sepals converging into a helmet-like arch, and 



ribbed with green. Stem three to twelve 



inches high. Flowers few, the lip whitish, 



with large lilac spots 6. Helmet Orohib 



Sepals spreading. Stems nine to eighteen inches high. 

 a. Raceme loose and open, two to five inches^ 

 long. Flowers deep crimson, shewj'. 

 Leaves spotted with purple. Tubers 



two, egg-shaped 



h. Spike dense, with long green bracts under' 

 the flowers, making it loc k leafy. Tubers 



two, palmate 



c. Spikedense,two to four inches long. Bracts\ 

 short and inconspicuous. Flowers 

 usually pale, and variously mottled 

 with lilac or purple. Leaves spotted. 



Tubers two, palmate 



Tail of the perianth scarcely any. Stem six inches 

 high. Spike one to two inches long. Flowers 

 numerous, small, cream-coloured, fragrant.. 



7. Crimson Meadow 

 Orchis. 



9. 



Purple Marsh 

 Orchis. 



Common Mottled 

 Orchis. 



13. White Mountain 

 Orchis. 



HABITATS AND LOCALITIES. 

 1. Lady's Tresses — {Spirnnthes autumndlis.) 

 Wood near Castle Mill, Cotterill, on the left bank of the river, 

 sparingly, four or five years ago. (Mr. Leigh.) Fl. September. 

 Curtis, ii. 570 ; K. B. viii. .'»41 (both as Ophryg iipirali!>) : Bnxtpr, i. (13. 



