01lCniDEJ5, (OliCHIS FiJtIILY.) 



759 



«. O. luetea, Poir. 2^ .2 to . 

 lauceokite. Spike at first ovate, dense, 

 at lengtli oblong, .04 to .05 long; 

 bracts membranous, linear-lanceolate, 

 acuminate ; flower tcliite or pale pink, 

 dotted with red; scj^als ovate-lanceo- 

 late, long -acuminate, connate at base; 

 ])etals linear-lanceolate ; labellum pen- 

 dulous; trifid, the lateral lobes spa- 

 thulate, truncate, denticulate; the 

 middle one fan-shaped, undivided or 

 notched, more or less denticulate ; spur 

 declined, curved, shorter than ovary 

 — Spring ' - Hills ; coast to middle 

 mountain zone. 



Leaves oblong to oblong- 

 FiG. 844. 

 a 

 h 



Oiclii 

 Petals, (c) 

 (e) Spur. 



Leaves 

 , .04 to 



T. O, Siiiiia, Lam. 2f .2 to .5. 

 oblong. Spike ovate, dense, then oblon 

 .llong; bracts scarious, 1-uerved, ovate-oblong; 

 sepals flesh-colored to pink, ovate - lanceolate, 

 green-nerved; petals linear; labellum flesh-co- 

 lored to deep purple, longer than hood, lobes 

 linear, obtuse, the midcVe one deeply bifid, icith a 

 tooth at fori:, lobes all about of equal length ; spur 

 cylindrical, obtuse, one-third to one-half as long- 

 as ovary — Spring — Middle mountain zone; 

 Aintab to Marash, and northward. 



Ovary. (</) Labellum. 



oblong-elliptical 

 Fig. 345. 



Flower of Orcliis 

 Si mi a. 



§. O. piinctiilata, Stev. % .Gto.S. Leaves elliptico-oblong, 



obtuse, to oblong-lanceolate, acute. Spike ob- 

 long to cylindrical, .15 to .2 long; bracts 

 triangular - ovate, scarious; sepals oblong, 

 acutish ; petals linear, acute ; labellum yellowish- 

 green, the lateral lobes linear -simthulate, curved, 

 the middle one fan-shaped, 2-lobed, the lobes 

 rounded, entire or crenulate, with a tooth at 

 sinus; spur cylindrical, half to one-third as 

 long as ovary — May — Woods 2^ hours Av^est 

 of Es-Salt. Plain of Issus. Tristram and 

 Paine say that O. militaris, L. is found in 

 Gilead. Probably their plant is this species. 



9. O, loiig^icrurli^, Link. 

 % .?>. Stem stifl", fistulous. 

 Leaves humerous, oblong to 

 lanceolate, tcavy - margined. 

 Spike ovate, dense, .00 to .08 

 long, .02 to .05 broad; bracts 

 scarious, ovate-lanceolate, a- 

 cuminate; sepals and petals 

 dii^tmQ.t,\^nc(io\'AiQ, lilac- veined, 

 the latter much smaller ; label- 

 lum pale, elongated, glabrous, 

 with two triangular lamella3 

 or gibbi at ])ase, tripartite, 

 lobes acute, the lateral linear, 

 somewhat falcate^- the terminal 



Fig. 340. 



Orchis punctnlata. (a) 



Sepal, (i) Petal, (c) 



Labellum and spur. 



<>rcliis longicruris. {aa) Two sepals, {bh) Two 



pctalis. (c) Labellum. (d) A more slender fnnn of 



labellum. 



