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1. ORCHIS. Anther-cells contiguous and parallel. Gland* of the stigma, to which the base 

 of the stalks of the 2 pollen-masses cohere, contained in a common little pouch formed 

 of a fold or hood of the stigma 



'2. GYMNADENIA. Anther-cells contiguous and parallel : glands naked. 



o. PLATAr\ T TIIEUA. Anther-cells diverging, widely separated at the base: glands naked. 



TRIBE II. NEOTTIEJE. Anther dorsal (attached to the back of the column), erect, 

 parallel with the stigma ; the 2 cells approximate. Pollen rather loose and powdery, or 

 elastically cohering 



4 GOODYERA. Lip entire, free from the column, strap-pointed. Pollen-masses elastic. 

 6 SPIRANTIfES. Lip nearly entire, channelled, pointless, ascending, embracing the column. 

 6 LTSTEEA. Lip flat, spreading or pendulous, 2-lobed at the apex. 

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TRIBE HI. ARETHTTSEjE, MALA XTOK^ES, Ac. Anther terminal (attached to 

 the apex of the column, or near it), and like a lid over the stigma, at length deciduous. 



* Pollen in loose or powdery grains, forming 2 or 4 delicate masses. 

 7- ARETIIUSA. Lip bearded, its base adherent to the linear column. Pollen-masses 4. 

 8 POGONIA Lip more or less crested, free from the club-shaped column. Pollen-masses 2. 

 9. CALOPOGON. Lip bearded, stalked, free : column winged at the apex. Pollen-masses 4. 



* * Pollen in smooth and finally waxy masses, 

 -i- Pollen-masses attached by elastic stalks, or in No. 10 sessile 



10. CALYPSO. Lip inflated and sac-like, notched at the apex and 2-pointed underneath the 



notch. Column winged and petal-like Pollen-masses 4. Stem 1-flowered. 



11. TIPULARIA Lip short and flat, with a long and thread-like spur beneath. Column mar- 



gined. Pollen-masses 4. Raceme many-flowered. 



12. BLETIA. Lip hooded, spurless. Column not margined. Pollen-masses 8. 



*- -i- Pollen-masses without any stalks or connecting tissue. 

 H- Plants green and with leaves. ( Sepals spreading: lip flat and spurless. 

 13 MICROSTYLIS. Lip arrow-shaped or heart-shaped. Column minute, round. 



14. LIPAR1S. Lip entire, dilated. Column elongated, margined at the apex. 



H- -H- Plants tawny or purplish, leafless, or with a root-leaf only : sepals and petals conniving. 



15. CORALLORH1ZA. Lip with a spur or projection at the base adherent to the ovary. An- 



ther-cells oblique. 

 APLEOTRUM. Lip spurless, free, raised on a claw. 



II. Anthers two. 



TBIBE IV. C YPRIPEDIEJE. The 2 anthers those of the lateral stamens : the third 

 or upper stamen (which is the one which bears the anther hi the rest of the order) here 

 forming a petal-like sterile appendage to the column. 

 CYPRIPEDIUM. Lip a large and inflated sac, somewhat slipper-form. 



1. ORCHIS, L. ORCHIS. 



Flower ringent ; the sepals and petals nearly equal, all of them, or all but the 

 2 lower sepals, converging upwards and arching over the column. Lip turned 

 downwards, coalescing with the base of the colamn, spurred at the base under- 

 neath. Anther-cells contiguous and parallel. Pollen cohering in numerous 

 coarse waxy grains, which are collected on a cobweb-like elastic tissue into 2 

 large masses (one filling each anther-cell) borne on a slender stalk, the base of 

 which is attached to the 2 glands of the stigma, contained in a common little 

 pouch or hooded fold. Flowers showy, in a spike. ('Op^is, the ancient name.) 



1. O. spectiifoilis, L. (SHOWY ORCHIS.) Root of thick fleshy fibres, 





