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2. Helmet greyish rose; mid-lobe of lip with two widely divergent rounded darker 



lobes, broader and shorter than side-lobes. O. militaris 



3. Helmet dark red-purple; lip broad, with violet tufts, and broad diverging 



terminal lobes; flowers large. O. purpurea 



4. Flowers very small; helmet dark red-brown; lip narrow, white with crimson spots. 



O. ustulata 



Sub-section 2 Moriones Pari. 

 Sepals free; side-lobes of lip broad, rounded, mid-lobe shorter, truncate. 



5. Sepals with conspicuous green or bronze-purple veins. O. morio 



Section II Androrchis Lindl. 

 Side-sepals spreading or reflexed. 



Sub-section 3 Masculce Pari. 



6. Flowers red-purple; mid-lobe of Up longer than side-lobes. O. mascula 



7. Flowers dark violet; mid-lobe much shorter than the reflexed almost touching 



side-lobes; spur long, straight, often notched. O. laxiflora 



B. Tubers forked (Dactylorchis Klinge) 



leaves always unspotted. 



8. Stem hollow, walls thin. Leaves erect, tapering, hooded at tip, broadest just 



above base; bracts long, incurved. Flowers small, narrow-looking, rose or 

 violet ; sepals erect, back to back, sides of lip much reflexed, mid-lobe small, 

 apical, markings square-ended loops; spur short, stout, conical. 



O. incarnata 



9. Stem- walls thicker. Leaves spreading, oblong-lanceolate, firm; lower bracts long. 



Flowers larger; sepals not reflexed; side-lobes of lip not reflexed, mid-lobe 

 small, marldngs radiating dots (or streaks); spur stout, longer. 



O. praetermissa 



leaves usually spotted. 



10. Stem not so hollow as 8. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, rather thin, with blotches 

 ringed, or small spots. Sepals erect; lip shallowly lobed, mid-lobe small, 

 markings parallel loops ; spur rather long, conico-cylindrical. O. latifolia 



