ORCHIS.] ORCHIDEJE. 391 



Downs and copses in chalk soils, Kent and Sussex ; fl. May. Stem 1-3 ft., 

 stout. Leaves oblong, 3-5 in., obtuse. Spikes usually large, many-fld. 

 Flowers in. from the dorsal sepal to tip of lip ; sepals and petals 



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hardly acute, green and purple outside, paler inside, spotted ; lip pale rosy, 

 spotted with purple, with a notch in the sinus of the mid-lobe; spur 

 decurved. DISTRIB. From Denmark southd. (excl. Greece). 



8. O. militaris, L. ; tubers ovoid, spike oblong dense, bracts 1-nerved, 

 sepals acuminate and petals pale purple or white, lip 3-lobed, lateral lobes 

 narrow, middle 2-fid with narrow upcurved segments and a tooth in the 

 sinus, spur J as long as the ovary. 



Woods and chalk downs, Oxford, Berks, Herts, Bucks, Kent ; fl. May-June. 

 Stem 1-1 1 ft. Leaves large, oblong, obtuse, concave, unspotted. BracU 

 very short. Flowers about 1 in. from dorsal sepal to tip of lip, bright or 

 pale purple; lip pale, dotted with raised rough points, lateral lobes linear, 

 segments of mid-lobe rather broader; spur decurved, obtuse. DISTRIB. 

 From Gothland southd. (excl. Greece), N. Africa (?), N. Asia. 



O. MILITA'RIS proper ; lateral lobes of pale purple lip narrow veined, mid-lobe 

 deeply 2-fid, segments broader than the lateral lobes. 



Sub-sp. O. SIM'IA, Lamk. ; more slender, lobes of crimson lip and segments 

 of the mid-lobe very narrow. O. tephrosan'thos, Till. 



SECTION 2. Anacamp'tis, Rich. (gen.). Lip ascending, lobes broad, 

 not spirally coiled ; spur very long. Pollen-glands connate. Stigmatic 

 surfaces distinct. Rostellum overhanging the mouth of the spur. 



9. O . pyramida'lis, L. ; tubers globose, leaves acuminate, spike pyra- 

 midal, bracts 1-3-nerved coloured, lateral sepals spreading, lip 3-lobed 

 2-tubercled at the base, spur longer than the ovary. 



Pastures, &c., from Wigton and Berwick southd.; Mid. Ireland; fl. June- 

 Aug. Stem 6-24 in., slender. Leaves chiefly radical, lanceolate. Spike 

 pyramidal, then oblong. Bracts as long as the ovary. Flowers rosy, rarely 

 white ; sepals and petals obtuse ; lip broader than long, lobes subentire, 

 variable in shape and relative size. DISTRIB. From the Baltic southd., 

 N. Africa. Scent of flowers peculiar. 



SECTION 3. Loroglos'sum, Rich, (gen.) Lobes of Up very. long, 

 spirally coiled in bud ; spur very short. Pollen-glands connate. 



10. O. hirci'na, L. ; tubers ovoid, stem tall, spike long, bracts very 

 long ribbed green, lateral sepals conniving, mid-lobe of lip strap-shaped. 

 Lizard Orchis. 



Copses in E. Suffolk and Kent, extremely rare ; fl. July- Aug. Stem 1-5 ft. 

 Leaves chiefly radical, oblong, obtuse. Spike 6-17 in. tracts 1-2 in., 

 much exceeding the flowers. Flowers large ; sepals and petals forming a 

 green hood in. long ; lip 1^ in., white, purple-spotted at the base, lateral 

 lobes slender, mid-lobe about 1 in. by ^ broad, green. DISTRIB. From 

 Belgium southd,, N. Africa. Odour detestable, hircine. 



