

Cbphalantheea.] ORCHIDEjE. 389 



"Woods and copses from Mull and Perth to Dorset and Sussex, local ; rare in 

 Ireland; fl. May- June. — Stems 1-2 ft., subsolitary, slender. Upper bracts 

 minute. Leaves usually longer than in C. grandiflo'ra, flowers whiter and 

 narrower, sepals more acute. — Distrib. Europe, W. Asia. 



3. C. ru'bra, Rich. ; leaves lanceolate, bracts exceeding the glandular 

 pubescent ovaries, flowers rose-purple. Red Helleborine. 

 "Woods and copses on limestone, Gloster and Somerset, very rare ;. fl. June- 

 July. — Stem 6-18 in., slender. Flowers few or many; sepals and petals 

 acuminate ; lip white, terminal lobe ovate-lanceolate. Column slender.— 

 Distrib. From Gothland southd., W. Siberia. 



11. ORCHIS, L. 



Tubers globose ovoid or palmate. Lames chiefly radical, sheathing. 

 Flowers spiked. Sepals and petals ascending, connivent or the lateral sepals 

 spreading. Lip spurred, decurved or deflexed, spur not honeyed. Anther 

 confluent with the column, cells diverging at the base ; pollen-masses de- 

 curving after removal, glands in one 2-lobed pouch ; rostellum projecting 

 between the lobes of the pouch. — Distrib. Europe, N. and W. Asia, 

 Himalaya, rare in N.. America ; species about 80. — Etym. The old Greek 

 name. 



Section 1. Orchis proper. Lobes of lip not spirally coiled. Pollen- 

 glands not connate. 



* Lateral sepals spreading or refexed. 



1. O. mas'cula, L. ; tubers ovoid, leaves usually spotted, spike lax, 

 bracts 1-nerved coloured, lip 3-lobed, spur longer than the ovary. Purple 

 Orchis. 



Copses and pastures, N. to Shetland ; ascends to 1,500 ft. in the Lake dis- 

 trict ; Ireland ; Channel Islands ; fl. April-June. — Stem 6-18 in. Leaves 

 narrow-oblong, obtuse, spots purple-black. Bracts equalling the ovary. 

 Flower red-purple, rarely white ; sepals \ in., acute or obtuse ; lip as broad 

 as long, margins recurved, spotted with purple, mid-lobe longest crenate, 

 tip notched ; spur stout, obtuse, variable in direction. — Distrib. Europe, 

 N. Africa, W. Siberia. — Yields salep. 



2. O. laxiflo'ra, Lamk. ; tnbers globose, leaves lanceolate, spike lax, 

 bracts 3 -5-nerved coloured, lip 2-3-lobed, spur \ as long as the ovary. 

 Wet meadows, Channel Islands ; ballast heaps, Hartlepool ; fl. May-June. — 



Stem 1-3 ft., grooved. Leaves cauline and radical, acuminate, not spotted. 

 Bracts as long as the slender ovary. Flowers 1 in. from dorsal sepal to tip 

 of lip, bright red-purple ; sepals and petals obtuse ; lip as broad as long, 

 sides reflexed, spotted, lateral lobes very large, crenulate, mid-lobe shorter 

 or ; spur stout, obtuse, variable in direction. — Distrib. From Belgium 

 southd. 



3. O. latifo'lia, L. ; tubers palmate, leaves usually spotted, spike 

 dense, bracts 3-nerved green, lip obscurely 3-lobed, spur usually shorter 

 than the ovary. 0. palma'ta, Syme. Marsh Orchis. 



