j^o NATIVE BRITISH ORCHIDACE^ 



the parents. The other appears to be 0. incarnata, on account of the long erect narrow 

 tapering hooded leaves. The flush of violet on their upper surface has not been 

 recorded for any species of Orchis, and may possibly be due to saprophytism, as in 

 Epipactis violacea. The rich colour of the centre of the lip suggests the parentage of 

 0. incarnata var. pulchella, with its brilliant crimson markings, a specimen of winch 

 was growing close by. Winchester marshes! June 21st, 1917. 



ORCHIS INCARNATA x MACULATA 

 PI. 50 B (p. 150); PI. H, fig. I (p. 219). X O. ambigua Kerner (1865) 



Taller less hollow and not so stout as O. incarnata. Leaves shorter and more spreading, 

 with small scattered spots, or unspotted. Spike oval, dense, rather short in Britain. 

 Bracts purplish. Lip flat, 3-lobed, dark blue-purple with red-purple lines and spots. 

 Spur longer and more slender than in 0. incarnata, wHch it otherwise resembles. 

 The second parent was 0. maculata. I could not find either 0. latijolia or 0. prater- 

 tnissa in the locality. Anglesey! July 9th, 1919. 



The following example was found at the same time and place. Stem hoUow, stout. 

 Leaves very broad, erect, unspotted, broadest in middle (3-5 cm.), tapermg to both 

 ends thick and firm, of 0. incarnata type. Spike dense. Bracts narrow, exceedmg 

 flowers. Flowers pure wliite, almost exactly like 0. maculata. Lip deeply 3-lobed, 

 side-lobes rhomboidal, mid-lobe long, triangular, markings two very faint loops 

 formed of microscopic pale violet papilte. Spur ± 8 iTim., cyhndrical, rather corneal 

 at base The stem and leaves were clearly those of the 0. incarnata parent, wlnlst the 

 flowers were nearly typical 0. maculata, but pure wliite, interesting as an example 

 supporting the old theory that the leaves of a hybrid resemble one parent and the 

 flowers the other, a combination of rare occurrence (PI. 30 B). 

 X 0. curtisiana Dr. 



ORCHIS INCARNATA x MACULATA sub-sp. ELODES 



X Orchis carnea Camus {Icon. p. 276) 



PI. 52 A (p. 215) 



Lower leaves not seen, upper bract-like with a few tiny spots, flowers bright rather 

 dark red-violet, larger than those of incarnata, lip nearly flat, with side-lobes broadly 

 rounded out and mid-lobe small, pale in the middle with parallel lines of spots. Spur 

 wide-mouthed, slender, curved, 7-10 tnm. long. The cylindrical spike, long rather 

 broad bracts, wide-throated spur, dark red-violet lip and slightly hollow stem gave 

 eood indications of incarnata, wWlst the spotted leaves, broad flat lip, narrow rmd- 

 lobe and slender spur as long as the ovary, showed clearly the influence of elodes . 



