OliClIlUKili;. (ullCUIS FAMILY.) 



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broad. «pikc loose, .05 to .1 long; bracts liiicar-lauccolatc, acute, 

 longer than ovary, 3-nervcd ; flowers pink ; sepals and petals oblong, 

 obtuse; labellum spreading, longer than calyx, cuneatc at base, fan- 

 shaped, ;3-lobed, lateral lobes rounded, the middle one as long or 

 longer, quadrate, usually retuse; spur cylindrical, straight, obtuse, 

 shorter than ovary — June and July — Wet fields and swamps: plain 

 of Esdraclon ; northern Syria, and northward. 



15. O. laxiflora, Lam. 2f .3 to .5; '^^^^'' '^^'^• 



stem stout, hollow. Leaves oblong to linear- 

 lanceolate, .1 to .2 long. Spike .1 to .25 

 long, loose; bracts linear-lanceolate, longer 

 than ovary ^ or as long, or shorter , o-5-nerved ; 

 flowers deep pur^jle ; sepals oblong; label- 

 lum cuneate at base, dilated at apex, un- 

 divided or 3-lobed, middle lobe shorter, 

 sometimes 0, or replaced by a tooth or 

 mucro ; spur cylindrical, usually curved, as 

 long as ovary to half as long — Spring — 

 Swamps and damp places; lower and 

 middle mountain zones, and tablelands. 



10. O. iiicariiata, L. ij! .4 to .8; 



stem hollow. Leaves lanceolate-linear to 

 linear, hooded at tip, .1 to .3 long. Spike 

 .1 to .2 or more long, cylindrical; bracts 

 linear-lanceolate, usually longer tlianfioicers', 



flowers flesh-colored to innl^-, sepals oblong-ovate rather obtuse; label- 

 lum 3-lobed; spur conico-cyliudrical, somewhat shorter than ovary — 

 Spring. 



Var.- oloclicilos, Boiss. Labellum nearly entire — r Samaria ; 

 Galilee; Coelesyria; Lebanon; Hems. 



17. O. latifolia, L. If .0 to 1; stem hollow, stout, Leaves 

 usually spotted, oblong to lanceolate, .1 to .15 long, .025 to .05 broad, 

 obtuse to acute. Spike cylindrical, .1 to .3 long; bracts 3-nerved, the 

 lower much longer than flowers; flowers deep purple: sepals oblong, 

 obtuse; labellum 3-lobed to entire; spur conico-cyliudrical, usually 

 shorter than ovary — Summer — Swampy flelds; Amanus, Akher Dagh, 

 and northward. 



(«j Bract and flower (if 

 Orcliis laxiflora. (6) Label- 

 lum and sjiur. 



18, O, pseuclosaiiiblieiiia, Ten. % .;J to .3; stem slender, 

 hollow. Leaves numerous, linear, spathulate to linear-lanceolate, 

 tapering at base, obtuse to acute, sometimes spotted. Spike .03 to .1 

 long, loose; bracts oblong-lanceolate, the lowermost longer than flowers ; 

 flowers from light cvdcim-colored to 2flnlish-2n(ri'le ; sepals oblong, 

 deflexed; labellum tiilobed; spur terete, curving vpicard, longer than 

 omry — Spring — Piocky places; Lebanon, Antilebanon, and northward. 



19, O. iiiaeiilata. L. 1^ Spotted Orchis. .2 to .0; stem 6(/Z^/. 

 Leaves usually black-spotted, ol)loug to lanceolate, .1 to .15 long. 

 Spike cylindrical, dense; bracts linear-lanceolate, acute to acuminate, 

 the lower as long as the flowers or longer; flowers light-pink to white, 

 often purple-dotted; sepals oblong, obtuse; labellum 3-lol)cd, th( 



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