4 NE0TINJ5A INTACTA, THE NEW IRISH ORCHID, 
specimens 
develope one or more points on the side, often pink or purplish ; seldom 
as long as tte ovary, wliieli is sliglitly twisted at tLe time of flowering. 
The perianth, the tip of which is turned downwards, is extremely deli- 
cate, and in this respect remijids us of those of the most tender South 
African Ci/nosorcJiis. The three semilancet-sbaped acute sepals and 
the linear-pointed tepals are together more or less helmet-shaped. The 
lip in its general outline is oblong tongue-shaped, 3-lobed ; the lateral 
lobes are acute linear, bent forward ; the central lobe is twice as long 
as the lateral ones, oblong, ligulate, either truncate or two-lobed, or 
wath a minute tooth between the lobules. Sometimes the lateral divisions 
of the central lobe are extended, and then the shape of the lip resembles 
that of Aceras antliropopTiora (of course without the spur). The spur is 
acute conical, and very small. The colour of the perianth is pale pink. 
Sepals and base of the lip are occasionally blotched with purple. The 
structure of the column is very peculiar. The cells of the emarginate 
anther are parallel, and open in the usual manner; towards the base 
terminating in a common projection, on which the grooves of the caudU 
culm rest. That the substance combining them is aprocessiis y^ostellaris 
might be easily supposed. Every candicula has its own glaudul, 
which, as has been -mentioned, is developed at the expense of the pro- 
jection. I found the pollen-masses of the poIUnarium on two threads, 
but of course I do not know whether that is constant. The fleshy 
stigma appears in the shape of two ascending shanks, which are 
either free or united. The lateral border of the column is slightly 
developed. 
My herbarium contains specimens from the following localities : 
Europe, — Ireland, at Castle Taylor, county of Galway (Miss More, 
kindly communicated by Dr. David Moore, of Glasnevin) ; France, in 
Ilycres (Jordan! Godron! Aunier! Renter!), Grasse (Girandy !), Por- 
querolles (Aunier ! Bourgeau !) ; Corsica, Ajaccio (Benard !), Bonifacio, 
Corte, Bastia (Kralik! Maire ! Soleirol ! dc Chaipentier !) ; Spain, 
Viznar; (Langel); Balear. Majorca: en allant de Puy de Torolle a 
Soller (Cambessedes !). Portugal, at Lissabon (Hochstetter fil. !), Serra 
d'Arrabida, amongst Laurel and Fihurnum TinmQJmW Hoffcnanseo-o"e ! 
Welwitsch !), Serra da Cintra, in steep granitic places (Welwitsch !). la 
arid sand near Coina (Welwitsch !) ; Island of Sardinia (Moris ! P. 
Thomas!), Sicily (Gussone!). Italy: Mentone (Bourgeau !), Monti di 
