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OROHIDACE^B. 



GYMNAD&NIA CON(5PSEA (Sweet-scented Orchis). 



two broad leaves immediately above the root; the stem is 

 slender and angular, about a foot high, and bears a loose 

 cluster of greenish- white flowers which are remarkable 

 for the length of the spur, and for the strap-shaped lower 

 lip of the corolla. It grows on heaths and the borders 



