Ophrys.] ORCHIDE^F. 393 



3. O. muscif'era, Euds. ; sepals yellow-green, petals narrow linear, 

 lip narrow nearly flat, anther not beaked. Fly Orchis. 



Copses and downs on chalk and limestone, from Durham and Westmoreland 

 to Kent and Somerset ; Mid. Ireland, very rare ; fl. May-July. — Stem 

 slender, 10-18 in. Leaves few, linear-oblong. Flowers distant, £ in. ; 

 petals and lip bright red-brown; lip with a blue patch, sometimes edged 

 with yellow, lateral lobes reflexed, terminal 2-fid. — Distrib. From Norway 

 southd. (excl. Greece). 



14. HERMINIUM, Br. MUSK ORCHIS. 



Tubers ovoid. Leaves 2 or few. Perianth-segments incurved. Lip 3- 

 lobed ; spur 0. Column with short lateral arms. Anther confluent with 

 the column, cells diverging below ; pollen-masses 2, subsessile, glands 

 large exposed. Stigma discoid ; rostellum 0. — Distrib. Europe, temp. 

 Asia ; species 4. — Etym. ep/uV, the foot of a bed-post, from the shape of 

 the tubers. 



H. Monor'chis, Br. ; flowers minute subsecund green. 

 Chalk downs, from: Norfolk, Cambridge, and Gloster to Somerset and Kent ; 

 fl. J une- July. —Tubers at the end of fleshy fibres. Stem 4-10 in., slender. 

 Leaves, radical 2, narrow-oblong, acute; cauline solitary. Spike slender, 

 rather lax ; bracts green, as long as the ovary. Flowers \ in., not honeyed, 

 musky at night ; sepals broad ; petals narrower, longer, obscurely lobed 

 at the side ; lip narrow, 3-lobed, base saccate, mid-lobe entire narrow. — 

 Distrib. Europe ('Arctic) (excl. Spain, Greece), Siberia, Himalaya. 



15. HABENA'RIA, Br. 



Habit of Orchis. Tubers 2, ovoid, entire or lobed r or of several fleshy 

 fibres. Lip spurred, decurved or deflexed. Anther confluent with the 

 column ; cells parallel or diverging ; pollen -masses decurving after re- 

 moval ; glands exposed (or partially concealed in H. viridis and intacta) ; 

 rostellum produced or not ; stigma 2-lobed or depressed. — Distrib. N. 

 temp, and trop. regions; species 400. — Etym. doubtful. 



The minute modifications of the rostellum, &c, by which the genera here 

 united by Bentham (and mostof them also by A. Gray) were characterized, 

 do not hold good for numerous exotic species ©f the genus. 



Section 1. Gymnade'nia, B?. (gen.). Tubers 2, lobed. Sepals 

 spreading. Spier 1 mg or short. Anther-cells parallel ; pollen-glands 

 remote, linear ; rostellum produced between the glands. Stigmas lateral, 

 large, tumid. 



1. H. conops'ea, Benth. ; flowers purple, lip obtusely 3-lobed, spur 

 very slender. G. conops'ea, Br. Fragrant Orchis. 



Dry pastures, N. to Shetland ; ascends to 2,000 ft. in the Highlands ; Ireland ; 

 fl. June-Aug. — Stem 6-18 in. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, keeled, acute. 

 Spike dense or lax, narrow. Bracts as long as the ovary, green, 3-nerved. 



