92 ENGLISH BOTANY. . 
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the sepals and lateral petals at first deep purplish-rose colour, after- 
wards rose; labellum bituberculate at the base, deeply 3-lobed, the — 
lobes nearly equal, oblong, entire or crenulated at the apex, paler rose — 
than the rest of the flower; spur filiform, acute, nearly as long as the 
ovary. i 
On downs, banks, and borders of fields on chalky and limestone 
soils; more rarely in loose sand. Very common in all the chalk and— 
limestone districts in England. Very rare in Scotland, where it has 
occurred in loose sand near the Mull of Galloway, and at Largo in 
Fifeshire, and also in the Isle of Colonsay. Local and rather rare 
in Ireland, but occurring in ten out of the twelve districts into which 
the authors of the ‘‘ Cybele Hibernica” have divided the island. i 
England, Scotland, Ireland. Perennial. Summer. 
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Rootknobs from the size of a large black currant to that of a damson- 
plum. Stem slender, 8 inches to 2 feet 6 inches high. Leaves mostly 
radical, 3 to 6 inches long, resembling those of Gymnadenia conopsea, 
Flowering-spike 1 to 2 inches long. Sepals and lateral petals about 
1 inch long; labellum slightly exceeding them. Spur about } inch 
J o; |e ghtly e: og . Spur about } inch 
long, very slender. j 
Pyramidal Orchis. ' 
French, Orchis pyramidal. German, Pyramidenfirmige Hundswurz. 
Sus-Genus IIJ.—EU-ORCHIS. . 
Labellum with the middle lobe not undulated, erect and not coiled 
in ewstivation; spur short or long. Pollen-masses each attached to @ 
separate gland; the two glands contained in a common pouch. 
Section I—HERORCHIS. Reich. fil. 
Sepals and lateral petals connivent, forming a helmet. 
SPECIES I11—ORCHIS USTULATA. Linn. 
Pirate MCCCCL. 
Reich. Ic. Fl. Germ. et Helv. Vol. XIU. Tab. CCCLXVILII. 
Billot, F). Gall. et Germ. Exsice. No. 855. 
Rootknobs undivided, ovate- or oblong-ovoid. Leaves oblong-ellip- 
tical, acute. Flowers in a dense oblong spike. Bracts from half as 
long as the ovary to as long, scarious, 1-nerved. Sepals and lateral petals 
