34 Mr. J. E. BiciiKNo's Observations on the Orchis militaris. 



to it ; but the description is evidently drawn up from a foreign 

 species, probably O. variegata, and the references are all trans- 

 ferred in the succeeding edition to another variety. This is e of 

 Linnaeus. 



This plant is easily known by the narrow segments of the lip^ 

 and the acuminated petals. It is a delicate, smaller plant than 

 the other two, flowers early in May, and has a remarkably abrupt 

 termination in the spike of flowers. The lip of the nectary is less 

 scabrous than in either of the others. Vaillant, t. 31. f, 25. 26. 

 has well represented the flower; but we believe that no modern 

 figure has yet been published of this rare plant. 



VII, Glyphis 



