356 ORCHIDS^. [AGMIAB. 



parallel ; pollen-masses 2, glands connate in one pouch. Stigma depr 

 rostellum obsolete. DISTRIB. Europe, N. Asia, and Himalaya; spr.-irs 

 3-4. ETYM. &, privative, and xtpca, spur. 



1. A. anthropoph'ora, Br. ; perianth green, lobes of lip linear. 

 Pastures and copses in chalky soil in S.E. of England, from Lincoln to Kent 

 and Sussex, scarce ; fl. June-July. Stem 8-16 in. Leaves oblong-lanceolal e, 

 lower obtuse, upper acute. Spike Iax-fl6wered, narrow ; bracts small. 

 Flower ^ in.; sepals and petals often edged with red ; lip perpendicular, 

 yellow, edges red, narrow, with 2 lateral and 2 terminal lobes, all similar and 

 linear. DISTRIB. Europe from Belgium southwards, N. Africa. 



6. HERMIN'IUM, Br. MUSK ORCHIS. 



Tubers ovoid. Leaves 2 or few. Perianth-segments incurved. Lip 3- 

 lohed ; spur 0. Column with short lateral arms. Anther confluent with 

 the column, cells diverging below; pollen-masses 2, subsessile, gLmds 

 large, exposed. Stigma discoid ; rostellum 0. DISTRIB. Europe, temp. 

 Asia ; species 4. ETYM. tpfdv, the foot of a bed-post, from the shape of the 

 tubers. 



1. H. Monor'chis, Br. ; flowers minute, subsecund, green. 

 Chalky downs, S.E. of England, from Norfolk, Cambridge, and Gloucester, 

 to Dorset and Kent; fl. June-July. Tubers at the end of fleshy fibres. 

 Stem 4-10 in., slender. Leaves, radical 2, narrow-oblong, acute ; cauline 

 solitary. Spike slender, rather lax ; bract green, as long as the ovary, 

 Flowers in. ; sepals broad ; petals narrower, longer, obscurely lobed at the 

 side ; lip narrow, 3-lobed, base saccate, mid-lobe entire narrow. DISTRIB. 

 Europe (Arctic) except Spain, Siberia, Himalaya. Odour of musk. 



7. O'PHRYS, L. 



Tubers ovoid. Perianth spreading. Petals small. Lip perpendicular, 

 usually convex, velvety ; spur 0. Anther capping the column, arched 

 forwards, often beaked, cells parallel ; pollen-masses 2, glands in separate 

 pouches. Stif/ma a depressed disk ; rostellum 0. Ovary not twisted. 

 DISTRIB. Europe, N. Africa, W. Asia ; species about 30. ETYM. 6<t>pvs, 

 an eyebrow, from the markings of the lip. 



1. O. apif 'era, Huds. ; sepals pink or white inside, lip broad convex 

 3-lobed, with a terminal appendage, anther-beak hooked. -Bee Orchis. 

 Copses and fields in chalk and limestone districts, from Durham and Lancaster 



to Sussex and Kent ; ascending to 1,000 ft. in W. of England ; S. and Mid. 



Ireland on limestone and sandhills; fl. JuneJuly. Stem 6-18 in. /,'<// 



short, oblong. Spike 3-6-flowered ; bracts large, leafy. Flowers 1-1J in. ; 



sepals ovate ; petals small, downy, linear-oblong, obtuse ; lip brown-purple, 



lateral lobes tubercled at the base, disk spotted with orange yellow. 



DISTRIB. Euroj>e from Belgium southwards, N. Africa. 

 Sub-sp. APIF'ERA prof>er ; petals linear, lip equalling the sepals deeply 3-lobed, 



appendage recurved. 

 Sub-sp. ARACH'NITES, Willd. (sp.) ; petals subdeltoid-ovate, lip longer than the 



sepals, appendage straight or incurved. Chalk downs, Folkestone. 



2. O. aranif 'era, /fuels. ; sepals yellow-green inside, petals oblong, lip 

 hroail convex without an appendage, anther beaked. Spider Orchis. 

 Copses and downs in chalk and limestone, from Northampton and Suffolk to 



