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ORCHIDE^. (one HIS FAMILY.) 



longer and h'oader, divaricate into long, linear, sjrreading or falcate, acute, 

 rarely obtuse lohiles, loitJi a slender, aicn-Wkeloheletween ; spur cylindri- 

 cal, obtuse, bigibbous, one-third to one-half as long as ovary — April 

 — Hills ; coast to middle mountain zone. 



10. O. aiigH§tifolia, M. B. 2f .3 to .8. Leaves oblong to 

 linear-lanceolate, .1 to .2 long, more or less acute, erect, passing 

 gradually into bracts. Spike loose; bracts 3-ncrved, lanceolate, as 

 lono- as ovary or longer; flowers pink; sepals oblong, petals linear- 

 lanceolate; labellum somewhat longer than hood, wedge-shaped at 

 base, fan-shaped, short-o-lobed, the lateral lobes rounded, sometimes 

 crenulate, the middle one as long as lateral, and as broad or narrower 

 and dentiform : spur slender, incurved, acute, half as long as ovary — 

 June to September — Marshy places and streams ; subalpiue and alpine 

 regions. 



11. O. saccata, Ten. % .2 to .:]; stem thick. Leaves lenticular- 

 elliptical to oblong, acute, often black-spotted. Spike cylindrical, 

 .08 to .1 long, somewhat compact-, bracts oxate-ollong, acute, hooded, often 

 purplish, many-nerved, longer than ovary ; sepals deep purple to livid- 

 olive, oblong, obtuse; petals narrower, as long as sepals; labellum deep 

 purple, somewhat cuneate at base, obovate or nearly orbicular, with 

 crenulate, undivided margin; spur thick, cylindrical, half as long as 



ovary Spring — Hillsides; coast to subalpine regions and interior 



plateaus. 



12. O. mascula, L. % .5 to .8; stem stoutish. Leaves oblong 

 to'oblong-lanceolate, .1 to .2 long, obtuse to acute. Spike loose, .08 

 to'. 15 long; bracts lanceolate-linear, acuminate, membranous, purplish, 

 1-nerved, once and a ludf as long as ovary; flowers purple; sepals ovate, 

 acute; petals narrower; labellum papillose at cuneate base, 3-lobed, 

 lobes broad, dentate, the middle one refuse, mucronate; spur C3dindri- 



cal, horizontal or 

 near Besherri. 



ascending, about as long as ovary — July — Woods 



Fig. 348. 



13. O. Aiialolica, 



Boiss. 11 .15 to .4; stem 

 slender, naked below spike. 

 Leaves spathulate or ob- 

 lanceolate [.to oblong, ob- 

 tuse, the uppermost linear- 

 lanceolate, acuminate. 

 Spike loose, .03 to .1 long; 

 bracts] linear - lanceolate, 

 purple, shorter than ovary; 

 flowers purple; sejDals and 

 petals oblong-obtuse ; label- , . , . . , ,. ,t i . 



I L , ^ /> orchis Anatolica. (a) Label- 



lum cuneate at base, fan- lum. (b) Spur, (c) a sepal, {d) 

 shaped, longer than sepals, ^ petal. 



3-lobed (or rarely nearly entire), lobes obtuse, the middle one broader, 

 retuse; spur broad at base, cylindrical, horizontal or ascending-re- 

 curved, longer than ovary — Spring — Hillsides; coast to middle 

 mountain zones, and interior table-lands. 



14. O. palimtri^, Jacq. If .3 to .8; stem stiff, terete. Leaves 

 stitT, linear, gradvallij tapering from lase, .1 to .2 long, .003 to .005 



Flowers of Orchis Ana- 

 tolica. (The sepals and 

 petals are inaccurate). 



