76U OllCHIDEJt:. (UllCUIS FAMILY.) 



lofujer o lid hroiidor, diocwimte into long, linear, spreading or falcate, acute, 

 rarely obtuse lobules, loith a slender, aicn-li'kelohe'between ; spur cylindri- 

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

 — Hills ; coast to middle mountain zone. 



10. O. augfustifolia, M. B. 11 .o to .8. Leaves oblong to 

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

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

 Fono' 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 ; subalpine and alpine 

 regions. 



1 1. O. saccata, Ten. 2^ .2 to .o ; stem thick. Leaves lenticular- 

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

 .08 to .1 long, somewhat compact-, bracts ovate-oMong, acute, liooded, often 

 purplish, many-nerted, 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, u^idivided margin; spur thick, cylindrical, half as long as 

 ovary — Spring — Hillsides; coast to subalpine regions and interior 

 plateaus. 



12. O. mascula, L, 2f .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-nerxed, once and a half as long as ovary; flowers purple; sepals ovate, 

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

 lobes broad, dentate, the middle one retuse, mucronate; spur cylindri- 

 cal, horizontal or ascending, about as long as ovary — July — Woods 

 nciir Besherri, 



13. O. Aiiatolica, Fig. 348. 

 Boiss. 1|: .15 to .4; stem a 



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; sepals and 

 petals oblong-obtuse; label- ,^ , • . , ,. .t i i i^ < . i- v 



I L i. ■^ a Orchis Anatolica. (a) Label- Flowers of Urdus Ana- 



lum cuneate at base, tan- lum. (&) spur, (c) a sepal, (r/) toUca. (The sepals and 

 .shaped, longer than sepals, a petal. petals are inaccurate). 



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. palustriM; Jac(i. % .3 to .8; .stem stiff, terete. Leaves 

 stilV, Uriear, gradually tapering from hase, .1 to .2 long, .003 to .005 



