310 ENDOGENOUS PLANTS 



ed into 2 masses, which are affixed by slender caudides, or tails, to the glands of 

 the stigma. Flowers more or less ringent; lip with a spur at the base underneath. 



420. OR CIIIS, L. 



[An ancient Greek name of the plant.] 



Sepals and petals nearly equal, 4 of them converging upwards, and 

 arching over the column. Lip anterior, adnate to the base of the 

 column, spurred below. Anther-cells vertical, contiguous and par- 

 allel ; pollinia 2 (1 filling each anther-cell), attached by the caudides 

 to the 2 glands of the stigma, which glands are contained in a little 

 pouch, or hooded fold. Roots fascicled and fleshy ; leaves radical, 

 usually a single pair ; flowers pale pink-purple, in a bracteate spike t 

 on a 5-angled scape. 



1. O. spectabilis, L. Leaves, oblong, or roundish-obovate, 

 petiolate, glabrous, bluish-green ; spur clavate, obtuse, shorter than 

 the ovary. 

 SHOWY ORCHIS. Priest in the Pulpit. 



Leaves 3 to 5 inches long, somewhat fleshy ; petioles short, embraced by 1 or 2 

 sheaths. Scape 4 to 6 or 8 inches high ; flowers few (4 to 6 or 8) ; bracts large and 

 foliaceous, oblong-lanceolate,. Capsules elliptic, acuminate. 

 Hj,b. Rich woodlands } frequent. Fl.M&y. Fr. August. 



Obs. This beautiful Genus is referred to, in the following lines of 

 the Botanic Garden : 



" With blushes bright as morn fair ORCHIS charms, 

 And lulls her infant in her fondling arms ; 

 Soft plays Affection round her bosom's throne, 

 And guards his life, forgetful of her own." 



421. GYlJItf ADEOTA, R. Br. 



[Gr. Gymnos, naked, and Aden, a gland ; descriptive of the plant.] 

 flowers nearly as in Orchis : Anther-cells parallel, but the ap- 

 proximate glands of the stigma are naked (i. e. not contained in a 

 pouch, or fold). Roots fascicled, the fibres few and fleshy; stem 

 slender, with 3 or 4 bract-like leaves above, and a single larger one 

 at base. 



1. G. 4i'idciitsita, Ldndley, Principal leaf oblanceolate ; lip 

 cuneate-oblong, 3-toothed at apex; spur longer than the ovary j 

 flowers yellowish-green. 



Habenaria tridentata. Hooker, $ Fl. Cestr. ed. 2. p. 507. 

 THREE-TOOTHED GYMNADENIA. 



Stem 6 to 12 inches high, angular. Lower leaf 3 to 5 inches long, rather acute; 

 upper leaves much smaller and bract-like. Flowers small, 6 to 12 or 15, in an ob- 

 long terminal rather compact spike, 1 to 2 inches in length ; bracts ovate-lance- 

 olate, about half as long as the ovary. Capsule % of an inch in length, ovoid-ob- 

 long, with a short acumination. 

 Hob. Moist thickets ; on the slaty hills : not very common. Fl. July. Fr. Sept. 



422. PI,ATA]THE V RA ? Richard. 

 [Gr. Platys, wide, and aner, for anther; descriptive of the organ.] 

 Flowers nearly as in Orchis, but the anther-cells diverging at base, 

 and the 2 naked glands of the stigma widely separated. Roots fascicled 

 and fleshy j flowers on a scape (with bract-like leaves), or leafy 

 stem. 



