CL. XX.] GYNANDRIA MONA3STDRIA. 337 



crenate, three-lobed ; spur cylindrical, shorter than the germen ; 



lower bracteas longer than the flowers. A foot high, slender: 



leaves lance-shaped, spotted with purplish-brown : flowers pale- 

 purple or whitish, variously spotted with dark-purple or crimson. 

 Perennial: flowers in June and July, grows in meadows, wet 

 heaths and woods : common. Eng. Bot. vol. ix. pi. 632. Eng. Fl. 

 vol. iv. p. 22. 1242. 



14. O. conopsea. Aromatic Palmate Orchis. Lip of the nectary 

 divided into three equal, entire lobes ; spur very slender, twice as 



long as the germen ; leaves of the calyx widely spreading. About 



a foot high: leaves narrow lance- shaped: spike oblong, rather dense : 

 flowers rich crimson, exhaling a delicious odour. Perennial : flowers 

 in June and July : grows in dry pastures and heaths : frequent. 

 Eng. Bot. vol. i. pi. 10. Eng. Fl. vol. iv. p. 23. 1243. 



2. A'CERAS. ACERAS. 



Calyx superior, of three egg-shaped, equal, converging, per- 

 manent leaves. Petals two, narrow, oblong, as long as the calyx. 

 Nectary a lip without a spur, much longer than the calyx, nar- 

 row, oblong, with four linear lobes, the two uppermost longest. 

 Anther of two oblong membranous cells, close together, above the 

 stigma, each containing an inversely egg-shaped, elastic mass of 

 pollen. Germen oblong, furrowed, nearly straight. Style very 

 short ; stigma a shining moist depression, in front. Capsule in- 

 versely egg-shaped, slightly curved, furrowed. Seeds very nu- 

 merous. Name, a, without, and ceras, a horn. 409. 



1 . A. anthropophora. Green Man-orchis. Man Tway-blade. Lip 



longer than the germen. Tubers roundish, hairy : stem about a 



foot high : leaves lance-shaped : spike long, loose, of green flowers 

 tinged with brown. Perennial : flowers in June : grows in meadows 

 and pastures in the south of England : not common. Eng. Bot. 

 vol. i. pL 29. Eng. Fl. vol. iv. p. 25. Ophrys anthropophora. 1244. 



3. HERMTNIUM. HEUMINIUM, 



Calyx superior, of three egg-shaped, equal, spreading, perma- 

 nent leaves. Petals two, egg-shaped, fleshy, spreading, three- 

 lobed, acute, nearly as long as the calyx. Nectary a lip without 

 a spur, deeply three-lobed, slightly tumid at the base beneath, 

 rather longer than the petals and similar to them. Anthers 

 roundish, of two cells, close together, over the stigma. Germen 

 oblong, twisted, furrowed. Style short and thick ; stigma a 

 moist cavity in front. Capsule oblong, triangular, nearly straight. 

 Seeds very numerous. Name from hermin, a bed-post. 410. 



1. H. monorchis. Green Musk Orchis, or Tway-blade. Root-leaves 

 two, lance-shaped. Root of several woolly fibres, and one glo- 

 bular hairy tuber : stem about six inches high : spike dense : flowers 

 small, numerous, greenish- yellow, with a musky smell. Perennial: 

 flowers in July : grows in dry pastures in the east and south-east 

 of England : frequent. Eng. Bot. vol. i. pi. 71. Eng. Fl. vol. iv. p. 

 27. Ophrys monorchis. 1245. 



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