OUCHIDE^. (ollClilS FAMILY.) 



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Inoad. ^^piku loose, .05 to .1 long; bracts linear-lauccolate, acute, 

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

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

 shaped, -j-lobed, lateral lobes rounded, the middle one as lono- or 

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

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

 of Esdraelon ; northern Syria, and northward. 



15. O. laxifiora, Lam. 1!(. .3 to .5; 

 stem stout, hollow. Leaves oblong to linear- 

 lanceolate, .1 to .3 long. Spike .1 to .25 

 long, loose; bracts liuear-lanceolate, longer 

 than ovary, or as long, or sliorter, 3-5-nerved ; 

 flowers deep ;purple ; 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 — Springe- 

 Swamps and damp places; lower and 

 middle mountain zones, and tablelands. 



16. O. iiicaritata, L. 2^ .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 

 Imear-lauceolate, usi.ially longer than floioers', 



Aowci'S J^esJi-colored to 2'>inl', sepals oblong-ovate rather obtuse; label- 

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

 Spring. 



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(a) ]>ract and flower of 

 Orchis laxiflora. (ft) Label- 

 lum and spur. 



nearly entire — Samaria 



Var. olociieilos, Coiss. Labellum 

 Galilee; Coelesyria; Lebanon: Hems. 



17. O. latifoHa, 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-cylindrical, usually 

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

 and northward. 



18. O, pse»dosaiiiS)H«'iiia, Ten. If .2 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 loioermost longer than Jloicers ; 

 flowers from light cream-colored to |)^'/Jc7's7<-^>»?;?7/('c ; sepals oblong, 

 deflexed; labellum trilobed; spur terete, curcing upward, longer than 

 ovary — Spring — Kocky places ; Lebanon, Antilebanon, and northward. 



19. O. luaeiiSata, L. 2f Spotted Orchis. .2 to .6; ^iam solid. 

 Leaves usually black-spotted, oblong 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-lobed, tlu 



