ORCHIDACE.E -zig 



There are several Ophrysi hybrids found in the Var. They include x O. 

 Rainei Albert et Jahandiez (O. arachnites x bombyliflora?), named after 

 the finder, who has done such good work among the Orchids. It was growing 

 with the parents near Almanarre. Some pink forms of O. aranifera sent by 

 the writer from Carqueiranne to Mr. Rolfe at Kew were thought by that authority 

 to belong to O. Aschersonl Nant., a hybrid between 0. aranifera and O. 

 arachnites. 



ACERAS R. Br. 



A. anthropophora R. Br. Man Orchis. Plant from 8-18 in. high, with 

 entire tubers. Leaves ovate to oblong or nearly lanceolate. Spike slender, 

 2-4 in. long ; flowers dull yellowish-green, the sepals converging over the column 

 and petals. Lip narrow-linear, twice as long as sepals and sometimes com- 

 pared to a hanging man, the two lateral lobes representing his arms and the 

 middle longer and 2-cleft lobe his body and legs. 



Dry pastures and shady woods, here and there. April- June. 



ORCHIS L. 



O. hircina Crantz. Lizard Orchis. Stem robust, 1-2 ft. high, leafy ; tubers 

 entire. Spike dense, 4-8 in. long ; the flowers rather large, dirty greenish-white, 

 of a disagreeable odour, with very long 3-lobed lip ; the middle lobe an inch 

 or more long, at first rolled inwards, twisted and ribbon-like, entire or notched at 

 the tip, sepals converging over the column ; petals small. 



Borders of fields and dry pastures, rare. May-July. La Roque-Esclapon, 

 Ampus, Chateaudouble, Drap, Bagnols, Contes, Vence, near Cannes and Grasse. 

 Found on the Cannes golf-links by the Misses I. and H. Chamberlain. 



O. longibracteata Biv. = Barlia longibracteata Part. A very large 

 and handsome Orchis, 1-2 ft. high. Leaves broad, elliptical, dark green. 

 Flowers numerous in a dense oblong spike, rather sickly scented. Bracts longer 

 than the flowers. Petals greenish, enclosed by the upper sepal. Lip 3-lobed, 

 middle one deeply divided, lateral ones wavy, dull pink with greenish edges. 

 Spur short, conical, less than half length of ovary. Pollen masses blackish- 

 green. 



Grassy banks and wooded slopes, fairly common. January-April. This re- 

 markable plant is extremely abundant on a grassy bank separating the salt 

 lagoon from the road leading from Almanarre to les Pesquiers ; also under the 

 Pines towards Giens (Var). A sort of emulsion is sometimes made from the 

 juicy stems. 



O. Intacta Lk. - Neotinea Intacta //. G. Reich. = Habenaria Intacta 



Benth. Stem 6-12 in., slender, bearing a dense and somewhat twisted slender 

 spike of very small pale pink flowers. Leaves oblong, spotted. Bracts shorter 

 than ovary. Lip trifid, shorter than ovary, the lateral segments very narrow, 

 middle one emarginate, bifid or pointed. Spur very short ; pollen masses 

 yellow. 



Woods and stony slopes. April-May. It grows in the West of Ireland, but 

 not elsewhere in northern Europe. Its range is very wide on the Mediterranean. 



O. UStulata /-. Burnt-tip Orchis. Plant 4-12 in. high, with a dense 

 cylindrical spike of small flowers, the colour of the unopened ones at the top 

 giving it a burnt tip aspect. Leaves few, broadly lanceolate. Bracts small. 

 Sepals connivent but separate, dark red, arching over the small narrow petals. 

 Lip white with red spots ; the lateral lobes truncate, and the middle one divided 

 into 2 narrow segments. Spur very short. 



Borders of fields and woods, scarcer on the littoral than in the mountain 

 region. April-June. 



O. purpurea Huds. Stem tall and strong, 1-2 ft. high. Leaves large, 

 oblong, shiny. Bracts much shorter than ovary. Flowers in a dense spike. 

 Sepals united in a dark purple helmet, nearly black in bud. Lip 4-lobed, the 

 two middle lobes much longer, variable in shape and colour but usually reddish- 



