Oucnis.] ORCHIDE^S. 353 



Sub-sp. LATIPO'LIA proper ; leaves oblong flat at the tip, flowers smaller 



darker coloured, lip spotted. 

 Sub-sp. INCABNA'TA, L. (sp.) ; leaves lanceolate acute unspotted, tip 



concave, base broader. 



4. O. macula'ta, L. ; tubers palmate, leaves spotted, spikes oblong- 

 pyramidal dense, bracts 3-nerveii green, lip deeply 3-lobed, spur equalling 

 the ovary or shorter. Spotted Orchis. 



Moist places, ascending to 3,000 ft. in the Highlands ; fl. May-July. Stem 

 6-18 in., slender, leafy upwards. Leaves narrow, oblong-lanceolate, acute 

 or obtuse. Bracts subulate, about equalling the ovary. Flowers ^ in. from 

 the upper sepal to the tip of the lip, very pale purple, spotted, rarely 

 white ; Up as broad as long, margins recurved, mid- lobe narrower and 

 about as long as the lateral, which are toothed ; spur straight. DISTHIB. 

 Europe (Arctic), Siberia, Dahuria, W. Asia. 

 ** Lateral sepals arching and forming a hood with the dorsal and the petals. 



5. O. Mor io, L. ; tubers globose, spike lax, bracts 1-nerved coloured, 

 lip 3-lobed, spur ascending equalling the ovary. Green-mnged Orchis. 

 Meadows, &c. from Northumberland southwards ; E. and Mid. Ireland ; fl. 



May-June. Stem 6-12 in. Leaves rather small and narrow, unspotted. 

 Bracts about equalling the ovary. Floicers f in. from upper sepal to tip 

 of lip, dingy purple ; sepals obtuse, veins green ; lip spotted, lateral lobes 

 broad crenate, middle about as long ; spur nearly straight, obtuse. 

 DISTRIB. Europe, Siberia, W. Asia. 



6. O. ustula'ta, L. ; short, tubers ovoid, spike dense, bracts 1-nerved 

 green, sepals and petals very dark white-spotted, lip 3-lobed, spur as 

 long as the ovary. Dark-winged or Dwarf Orchis. 



Dry pastures, from Durham southwards, local ; absent from Ireland ; fl. May- 

 June. Stem 3-10 in. Leaces narrow-oblong, acute, unspotted. Bracts 

 variable, scarious. Flowers % in. from sepal to tip of lip, eventually white ; 

 sepals and petals dark -purple and green ; lip with raised purple spots, 

 lateral and segments of 2-fid mid-lobe nearly equal ; spur decurved obtuse. 

 DISTRIB. Europe from Gothland southwards, W. Siberia. 



7. O. purpu'rea, Huds.; tall stout, tubers ovoid, spike dense, bracts 

 1-nerved, sepals obtuse green and purple, lip 3-lobed, lateral lobes narrow, 

 mid-lobe obcordate crenulate, segments broad flat creuulate, spur as long 

 as the ovary. 0. militaris, Sm. ; 0. fiisoa, Jacq. 



Downs and copses in chalk soils, Kent and Surrey ; fl. May. Stem 1-3 ft., 

 stout. Leaves oblong, 3-5 in., obtuse. Spikes usually large, many-flowered. 

 Flowers % in. from tip of lip to top of upper sepal ; sepals and petals hardly 

 acute, green and purple outside, paler inside, spotted ; lip pale rosy, spotted 

 with purple, with a notch in the sinus of the mid-lobe. Sp^^r deeurved. 

 DISTRIB. Europe from Holland southwards. 



8. O. milita'ris, L. ; tubers ovoid, spike oblong dense, bracts 1-nerved, 

 sepals acuminate and petals pale purple or white, lip 3-lobed, lateral lobes 

 narrow, middle 2-fid with narrow upcurved segments and a tooth in the 

 sinus, spur i as long as the ovary. 



Woods and chalk downs, Oxford and Berkshire to Sussex and Kent ; fl. May- 

 June. Stem 1-1^ ft. Leaves large, oblong, obtuse, concave, unspotted. 

 Bracts very short. Flowers about 1 in. from dorsal sepal to tip of lip, bright 



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