Habenaria.] ORCHIDE.E. 277 



approximated. Name ; 717*1/05, naked, and ai>/yi/, a gland, 

 one of the essential characters of this Genus. 



Gynandria. Monandria. 



1. G. conopsea, Br. Fragrant Gymnadenia. Br. Fl. 1. 

 p. 373. Orchis conopsea, Linn. E. Bot. t. 10. E. FL v. iv. 

 p. 23. 



Wet pastures and boggy ground. Very abundant in the County of 

 Dublin and other parts of the country. County of Derry, frequent ; 

 Mr. D. Moore. Mr. Drumrnond found it on the banks of the 

 Lee, near Cork. FL June Aug. If. Stem one foot high. Tubers 

 palmate. Leaves linear-lanceolate, keeled. Flowers in an ovato- 

 oblong, rather dense spike, rose-purple, rarely white. Lip 3-lobed, 

 not spotted, the lobes equal, entire, rounded. The two lateral sepals 

 spreading, their margins revolute. Two lateral petals connivent. 

 Spur filiform, twice as long as the germen. 



3. HABENARIA. Br. Habenaria. 



Flower ringent. Lip spurred. Glands of the stalks of the 

 pollen-masses naked, distant. Name ; habena, a thong or lash, 

 which the spur sometimes resembles. 



Gynandria. Monandria. 



1. H. viridis, Br. Green Habenaria. Spur very short, 

 two-lobed; lip linear, bifid, with an intermediate tooth; brae- 

 teas much longer than the flowers; tubers palmate. Br. Fl. 1. 

 p. 373. Orchis viridis, Sm. E. Fl. v. iv. p. 20. Satyrium 

 viride, Linn. E. Bot. t. 94. 



Dry hilly pastures, not unfrequent. Fl. June, July. If. Stem six 

 to eight inches high. Lower leaves nearly ovate, obtuse. Calyx and 

 lateral petals connivent and forming a helmet, green. Lip small, 

 greenish-brown. 



2. H. albida, Br. Small white Habenaria. Spur obtuse, 

 much shorter than the germen ; lip 3-cleft, the segments acute; 

 the middle one the longest ; sepals and lateral petals nearly 

 equal, ovate, concave. Br. Fl. 1. p. 373. Orchis albida, 

 Sm. E. Fl. v. iv. p. 18. Satyrium albidum, Linn. E. Bot. 

 t. 505. 



Mountain pastures, not unfrequent. Luggelaw and other places in 

 the County of Wicklow. Abundant in Antrim and Derry ; Mr. Ttm- 

 pleton and Mr. D. Moore. FL June, July. 1(1. About a span high. 

 Leaves oblong, striated, lower ones obtuse. Flowers white, small, 

 fragrant ; lip scarcely longer than the calyx, deflexed. 



3. H. bifolia, Br. Butterfly Habenaria. Spur filiform, 

 twice as long as the germen ; lip linear, entire ; upper sepal 

 and the lateral petals connivent ; radical leaves two, oblongo- 

 ovate, attenuated at the base. Br. Fl. 1. p. 374. Orchis 

 bifolia, Linn E. Bot. t. 22. E. Fl. v. iv. p. 9. 



Moist boggy meadows and copses, frequent. Fl. June. % . Tu* 



