G Y N ANP . MON AND . 25 1 



HAB. Woods and pastures, frequent 3 varying sometimes with white 



flowers. Fl. June. 7/ . 

 Stem 1 foot high. Leaves generally marked with dark purple spots. 



Flowers disposed in a lax oblong spike, purple, the centre of the 



lip whitish at the base and spotted. 



3. O. pyramidaiu (pyramidal Orchis), lip 3- cleft the lobes 

 equal entire with 2 longitudinal appendages on the upper side 

 near the base, segments of the perianth lanceolate the 2 outer 

 ones spreading, spur filiform longer than the germen. Lightf. 

 p. 514. E. B. /.110. Hook, in Curt. FL Lo?id. ed. 2, with 

 ajlg. 



HAB. Dry pastures, rare, as near Thiloran, in the isle of Colonsay, 

 Lightf. Ft, July. 7/ . 



Stem one foot high, slender. Flowers of a vivid purplish rose colour, 

 spirally arranged in a dense pyramidal spike, remarkable for the two 

 processes at the base of the lip, and the great length of the spur. 

 *"* Tubers 2, palmate. 



4. O. lalifolla (Marsh Orchis), lip slightly 3-lobed the sides 

 reflexed, 3 inner segments of the perianth comment, the spur 

 cylindrical shorter than the germen, bracteas longer than the 

 flowers. Lightf. p. 516. .B.t.23Q8. Hook, in Curt. FL 

 Lond. ed. 2, with a fig. 



HAB. Marshes and moist meadows, common. Fl. June. 11. 



Flowers varying from a pale rose colour to deep purple, the lip dotted 

 and marked with darker lines. This species, which is about a foot 

 in height., may always be known by its slightly lobed lip, its broad, 

 nearly erect, and acuminated leaves, and especially by the bracteas, 

 which are leafy and longer than the germens. 



5. O. metadata (spotted palmate Orchis), lip plane S-lobed 

 crenate, the 3 inner segments of the perianth connivent the 

 lateral ones patent, spur cylindrical shorter than the germen, 

 bracteas as long as the germen. Lightf. p. 517. E. B. 

 t.632. Hook, in Curt. Fl. Lond. with a Jig. 



HAB. Pastures and heaths, very common. Fl. June, July. If. . 



A foot high, straight, slender. Leaves distant, spotted with purple, 

 keeled. Spike ovato-oblong, dense. Flowers white, or pale pur- 

 ple, more or less spotted, streaked, especially on the lip. Its 

 deeply lobed lip, having the central lobe generally the longest and 

 ovate, together with the small, subulate bracteas, are in themselves 

 sufficient marks of distinction between this and 0. latif. 



2. GYMNADENIA. 

 1. G. conopsea (fragrant Gymnadenid). Brown in Hort. Kew. 



ed. 2. v. 5. p. 19J. Lightf. p. 5I8 3 and E. B. t. 10 (Orchh 



conup.). 

 HAB. Pastures and heathy places, not unfrequent j sometimes varying 



with a white flower. FL June Aug. 1 . 

 Stem nearly 1 foot high. Titters palmate. Leaves linear-lanceolate, 



