264 SUB-ALPINE PLANTS 



the lip very obscurely 3-lobed or merely toothed, and the spur 

 thicker. 



Damp meadows, marshes in the plains and sub-Alps. May, June. 



Distribution. Europe, Western and Northern Asia. British. 



We have found hybrids between this and Gymnadenia conopsea 

 at Mont Cenis and in the Italian Maritime Alps at about 5000 feet. 

 They are very rare, and the specimens were determined by Mr. 

 R. A. Rolfe of Kew as synonymous with Orchi-gymnadenia Lebrunii, 

 Journ. de Bot. (1892), p. 479. Camus Gymnadenia comigera Reichb. 

 fil. Fl. Germ., t. 523, fig. 2. 



" The bracts are larger. Spur shorter and stouter than in G. 

 conopsea." R. A. Rolfe in lit. 



Orchis incarnatus L. 



Very near 0. latifolia, i-ij feet high. Tubers palmate, with 2-4 

 spreading lobes. Leaves 5-6, erect, lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, 

 very rarely spotted ; middle leaves largest. Flowers rose, or flesh- 

 coloured, rarely white, in a dense spike. Bracts purplish at the 

 borders, longer than the flowers. Lip almost flat, irregularly 

 toothed, almost entire, rose, streaked with purple. 



Damp meadows and mountain bogs. May, June. 



Distribution. Europe, especially Central and Northern, including 

 Norway and England ; Western Asia. 



Orchis sambucina L. 



Smelling like Elder. Tubers long and undivided, or shorter and 

 2-3 lobed. Stem leafy, 4-10 inches high. Leaves not spotted, dark 

 green, lower ones wedge-shaped, broader towards apex, the next 

 lanceolate. Spikes long, moderately dense. Flowers pale yellow or 

 more rarely purple (var. purpurea Koch). Bracts many-nerved, 

 about as long as the perianth. Perianth-segments rather obtuse, 

 the two lateral ones spreading, recurved, the 3 upper ones connivent 

 into a helmet. Labellum shallowly 3-lobed or nearly entire, lateral 

 lobes rounded, middle lobe smaller, obtuse or emarginate. Spur 

 cylindrical, directed downwards, as long as or longer than the ovary. 

 ~~High mountain pastures, often in large quantities. May to July. 



Distribution. Carpathians ; Eastern, Central, and Western Alps ; 

 Harz Mountains ; most of the mountain ranges of Europe. 



Orchis pyramidalis L. (Anacamptis pyramidalis Rich.). 



Tubers entire. Stem often more than a foot high. Leaves 

 lanceolate, rather narrow and pointed. Spike very dense, some- 

 what obtusely conical, about 2 inches long. Flowers rather small, 

 rich rose, with very slender spur, longer than the ovary. Sepals 

 lanceolate, spreading. Lip broad, 3-lobed, the lobes more or less 

 equal. 



