250 GYNAND. MONAND. 



*"* Anther parallel icith the stigma. Pollen mans farinaceous, or com- 

 posed of angular granules , fixed to the stigma by its extremity. Br. 



4. GOODYERA. Cor. ringent, with the 2 exterior or lateral seg- 

 ments of the perianth placed beneath the lip, which is gibbous 

 at the base, and undivided at the extremity. Column free. 

 Pollen angular. Br. 



5. LISTERA. Cor. irregular. Lip 2-lobed. Column wingless. 

 Anther fixed by its base. Pollen farinaceous. Br. 



*** Anther terminal, inserted, persistent. Mass of pollen, either pul- 

 verulent or composed of angular granule^ fixed by its base or below 

 the extremity. Br. 



6. EPITACTIS.' Lip ventricose below; the extremity either un- 

 divided or 3-lobed, the middle lobe the largest, connected, 

 as it were, by a joint. Pollen farinaceous, Br. 



**** Anther terminal, moveable, deciduous. Mass of pollen at length 

 becoming waxy. Br. 



7. MALAXIS. Lip plane, undivided, sessile, (often exterior,) 

 5 segments of the perianth narrower, spreading or deflexed. 

 Masses of pollen 4, parallel with each other, fixed to the 

 stigma by their extremities. Br. 



8. CORALLORRHIZA. Lip produced behind, adnate with the 

 spur or free. Column free. Masses of pollen 4, oblique 



:>t parallel). Br. 



1. MONANDRIA. 



1. ORCHIS. 



* Tubers two, undivided. 



1. O. Morio (Meadow Orchis), lip 3-lobed, the lobes crenate 

 obtuse middle one emarginate, segments of the perianth as- 

 cending obtuse, spur conical ascending shorter than the ger- 

 men. Lightf. p. 514. E. B. t. 2059. Hook, in Curt. Fl. 

 Lond. ed. 2, with a fig. 



HAB. Pastures and moist woods, frequent a . Fl. June. I/ . 



Stem from a span to 1 foot high. Flowers few, in an ovate, lax spike. 

 Bractca about as long as the germen. The 5 segments of the peri- 

 anth close together and form the helmet, purplish green. Zip pur- 

 ple, whitish in the middle, with purple spots. 



2. O. mascula (early spoiled Orchis), lip 3-lobed crenulate 

 obtuse, the middle lobe cleft, segments of the perianth cleft 

 the exterior one reflexed, spur linear ascending compressed at 

 the extremity rather longer than the germen. Lightf'. p. ,515. 

 E. B. t. 631. Hook, m Curt. Fl. Lond. ed. 2, with a Jig. 



8 Not in Flora Glottlana. 



