336 GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. [cL. XX. 



6. O.fusca. Great Brown- winged Orchis. Lip of the nectary 

 five-lobed, dilated, rough with prominent points ; spur blunt, not 

 half the length of the germen ; calyx con verging, blunt; leaves ob- 

 long.- Tubers oval : stein from one to two feet high : spike cy- 

 lindrical, rather dense, of dark-purple flowers : leaves of the calyx 

 marked externally with dark-brown lines and confluent spots. 

 Perennial : flowers in May : grows in Kent : rare. Eng. Bot. vol. i. 

 pi. 16. Eng. Fl. vol. iv. p. 13. O. militaris. 1235. 



7. O. militaris . Military Orchis. Lip of the nectary five-lobed, 

 downy, the two intermediate lobes dilated, rounded ; spur blunt, 

 not half the length of the germen; leaves of the calyx taper-pointed, 



converging. Tubers oval : stem about a foot high : spike about 



three inches long . flowers rose-red, with the calyx-leaves of a sil- 

 very ash-colour. Perennial . flowers in May : grows in meadows 

 and pastures, in the south of England. Eng, Bot. Suppl. pi. 2675. 

 Eng. Fl. vol. iv. p. 15. 1236. 



8. O. macro,. Monkey Orchis. Lip of the nectary five-lobed, 

 downy, four of the lobes equal, linear, entire ; spur blunt, not half 

 the length of the germen ; leaves of the calyx taper-pointed, con- 

 verging. The principal difference between this and the last is 



in the divisions of the lip. This and the two preceding species 

 smell like woodruff when drying. Perennial : flowers in May : 

 grows on chalk hills in England : rare. Eng. Bot. vol. xxvii. pi. 

 1873. Eng. FL vol. iv. p. 16. O. militaris /3. 1237. 



9. 0. hircma. Lizard Orchis. Lip of the nectary downy, divided 

 into three linear segments, the middle one very long, twisted and 

 notched at the end ; spur short and tumid ; leaves of the calyx 



converging. Tubers nearly globular: stem from two to three 



feet high : spike rather loose, of numerous flowers : calyx green, 

 spotted with dull-purple internally. Perennial : flowers in July : 

 grows in pastures in Kent and Surrey : rare. Eng. Bot. vol. i. pi. 

 24. Eng. Fl. vol. iv. p. 17. Satyrium hircinum. 1238. 



** Tubers tapering, clustering. 



10. O. dlbida. White Cluster-rooted Orchis. Lip of the nectary 

 divided into three deep acute lobes, the middle one largest ; spur 



one-third the length of the germen. Stem about a foot high: 



leaves lance-shaped : spike cylindrical, dense: flowers cream-co- 

 loured. Perennial : flowers in June : grows in grassy mountain 

 pastures : frequent. Eng. Bot. vol. viii. pi. 505. Eng. Fl. vol. iv, 

 p. 18. Satyrium albidum. 1239. 



11. O. viridis. Frog Orchis. Lip of the nectary linear, three- 

 cleft, the middle segment smallest ; spur very short, slightly cleft. 

 Stem from four to six inches high : leaves egg-shaped, the up- 

 permost lance-s-haped : spike rather lax : flowers green. Peren- 

 nial : flowers in June and July : grows in dry pastures : frequent. 

 Eng. Bot. vol. ii. pi. 94. Eng. Fl. vol. iv. p. 20. Satyrium viride. 



1240. 

 *** Tubers palmate. 



12. O. latifolia. Broad-leaved Orchis. Lip of the nectary con- 

 vex, crenate, slightly three-cleft ; spur conical ; bracteas longer 



than the flowers. Stem about a foot high : leaves lance-shaped : 



spike dense, many-flowered : flowers purple or red. Perennial: 

 flowers in May and June : grows in meadows arid pastures : com- 

 mon. Eng. Bot. vol. xxxiii. pi. 2308. Eng. Fl. vol. iv. p. 21. 1241. 



13. O.maculdta. Spotted Palmate Orchis. Lip of the nectary flat, 



