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149. Small, autumnal, fiveet-fcented, yelloiv-Jtoivered Orchis, or 

 norchis (1). At the north end of Crag-clofe, near B'arwesford* 

 The root is a tingle fphserical bulb, more firm than thofe of the 

 other orchis's. It fends forth two and fometimes three leaves. 

 The ftalk is {lender and naked. The flowers are of a pale greenifh 

 yellow, of a grateful fweet odour. Three of the petals of each 

 flower are fimple and roundifh ? Two others, and the lip, are 

 cruciform. There is no fpur. 



150. Autumnal Pfue do-Orchis (m) . In the fame clofe, with the 

 former. The roots confift of cylindric, bulbous fibres. Thcf 

 leaves are obtufe and elliptic, even thofe on the ftalk. The 

 flowers are in a long, compact fpike, of a pale yellowifh-grcen, 

 with very fhort tumid fpurs, and have no fcent. The three larger 

 petals of each are white ; the two fmaller ones of a greenifh- 

 yellow. The beard is like that of the MONORCHIS, divided inter 

 three parts. 



(I) Orchis pufiila pallida odorata vi. Cltif. Pann. p. 239. Orchis vii. Ejufd. Hift. p. 269. 

 Orchis parva autumnalis lutea. /. B. iii. p. 768. Orchis odorata mofchata, f. Monorchis. 

 C. B. Pin. p. 84. Raj. Hift-. p. izij. Syn. iii. p. 378. Hift. Oxon. iii. p. 497. Scheuchz. 

 Itin. vii. p. 516. Rupp. Flo. Jen. p. 152.. Icon. t. 2. Hall. Here. 6. Monorchis mon- 

 tana minima, flore obfolete, vix confpicuo. Michel. Nov. PI. Gen. p. 30. t. 26. Icon 

 pulcbra. Herminium bulbo fupra radicato, nedtaiii labio trifido. Linn. Flo. Suec. n. 740. 

 Aft. Upf. 1740. p. 29. Herminium radice globofa. Flo. Lapp. p. 317. Orchis radice 

 fubrotunda, labello, & duobus petalis cuculli cruciformibtis calcare nullo. Hall. He!v. 

 p. 269. 



(m) Pfeudo-orchis alpina flore herbaceo. Michel. Nov. PL Gen. p. 30. t. 26. Limodo- 

 rum montanum flore albo virefcente. Chomel. Comment. Acad, Scient. Peris. 1705. p 517. 

 Satyrium bulbis fafciculatis ; foliis lanceolatis : nectarii labio trifido acuto, intcnneuio ma- 

 jore. Linn. Flo. Suec. n. 733. Aft, Upf. 1740. p. 19. Orchis pahnr.ta alpina, fpica; 

 denfa albo-viridi. Hall. Here. 68. Orchis radicibus multis, cylintlricis, labcllo, trihdo, 



calcare breviffimo. Hall, Helv. p. 270. 



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