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3. O. muscif'era, ffuds. ; 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 refbxed, terminal 2-fid. DISTRIB. From Norway 

 southd. (excl. Greece). 



14. HERMIN'IUM, 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. epplr, the foot of a bed-post, from the shape of 

 the tubers. 



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

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

 fl. June-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, 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 intada) ; 

 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 most of them also by A. Gray) were characterized, 

 do not hold good for numerous exotic species of the genus. 



SECTION 1. Gymnade'nia, Br. (gen.). Tubers 2, lobed. Sepals 

 spreading. Spur long or short. Anther-cells parallel ; pollen-glands 

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

 large, tumid. 



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

 very slender. G. conops'ea t 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. 



