CL. XX.") GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 337 



crenate, three-lobed; spur cylindrical, shorter than the germen ; lower 

 bracteas longer than the flowers. A foot high, slender: leaves lance- 

 shaped, spotted with purplish-brown: flowers pale-purple or whitish, 

 variously spotted with dark-purple or crimson. Perennial: flowers in 

 June and July: grows in meadows, wet heaths and woods: common. 

 Eng. Bot. vol. ix. pi. 632. Eng. FL vol. iv. p. 22. 1242. 



14. 0. conopsea. Aromatic Palmate Orchis. Lip of the nectary divided 

 into three equal, entire lobes ; spur very slender, twice as long as the 



germen ; leaves of the calyx widely spreading. About a foot high : 



leaves narrow lance-shaped : spike oblong, rather dense : flowers rich 

 crimson, exhaling a delicious odour. Perennial : flowers in June and 

 July : grows in dry pastures and heaths : frequent. Eng. Bot. vol. i. 

 pi. 10. Eng. Fl. vol. iv. p. 23. 1243. 



2. A'CERAS. ACERAS. 



Calyx superior, of three egg-shaped, equal, converging, perma- 

 nent leaves. Petals two, narrow, oblong, as long as the calyx. 

 Nectary a lip without a spur, much longer than the calyx, narrow, 

 oblong, with four linear lobes, the two uppermost longest. Anther 

 of two oblong membranous cells, close together, above the stigma, 

 each containing an inversely egg-shaped, elastic mass of pollen. 

 Germen oblong, furrowed, nearly straight. Style very short j 

 Stigma a shining moist depression, in front. Capsule inversely 



egg-shaped, slightly curved, furrowed. Seeds very numerous 



[Name, a, without, and ceras, a horn. 409. 



1. A.anthropdphora. Green Man-orchis. Man Tway-b lade. Lip longer 



than the germen. "Tubers roundish, hairy : stem about a foot high : 



leaves lance-shaped : spike long, loose, of green flowers tinged with 

 brown. Perennial : flowers in June : grows in meadows and pastures in 

 the south of England : not common. Eng. Bot. vol. i. pi. 29. Eng. Fl. 

 vol. iv. p. 25. Ophrys anthropophara. 1244. 



3. HERMl'NIUM. HERMINIUM. 



Calyx superior, of three egg-shaped, equal, spreading, perma- 

 nent leaves. Petals two, egg-shaped, fleshy, spreading, three- 

 lobed, acute, nearly as long as the calyx. Nectary a lip without a 

 spur, deeply three-lobed, slightly tumid at the base beneath, rather 

 longer than the petals and similar to them. Anthers roundish, 

 of two cells, close together, over the stigma. Germen oblong, 

 twisted, furrowed. Style short and thick ; stigma a moist cavity 

 in front. Capsule oblong, triangular, nearly straight. Seeds very 

 numerous. Name from hermin, a bed- post. 410. 



1. H. monorchis. Green Musk Orchis, or Tway-blade. Root-leaves 



two, lance-shaped. Root of several woolly fibres, and one globular 



hairy tuber : stem about six inches high: spike dense : flowers small, 

 numerous, greenish-yellow, with a musky smell. Perennial : flowers in 

 July : grows in dry pastures in the east and south-east of England : 

 frequent. Eng. Bot. vol. i. pi. 71. Eng. Fl. vol. iv. p. 27. Ophrys 

 monorchis. 1245, 



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