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Tribe I. Ophrydinea. 



I. OK'CHIS Linn. Orchis. 



* Glands of the pollen-masses separate, Up erect in the bud. 



f Bracts mostly 1-veined, root-knobs undivided. 



J Lip 3-lobed, lobes broad and short. 



1. O. morio (L.) ; lip crenulate, middle lobe truncate-emargi- 

 nate, spur ascending subclavate rather shorter than the germen, 

 sep. and pet. blunt converging to form a hood, anth. obovate 

 rather acute. E. B. 2059. R. xiii. 3(33. St. 612 in. high. 

 L. lanceolate, lower spreading, upper adpressed. Fl. few, in a 

 lax spike, purple ; sep. (rarely patent) and pet. marked with 

 green veins, converging so as to form a sort of hood ; lip pale 

 in the middle, spotted with purple. Fl. sometimes white. 

 Meadows and pastures. P. V. VI. Green-ivinged Orchis. E. I. 



2. O. mas'cula (L.) ; lip crenate, middle lobe emarginate, spur 

 ascending lather longer than the germen, sep. acute 2 outer re- 



flexed upwards, pet. converging, anth. obcordate apiculate. 

 E. B. 031. E. B. S. 2995. R. xiii. 390, 391. St. a foot high. 

 L. mostly radical, elliptic-lanceolate, usually spotted with purple. 

 Lowest bract often 3-veined. Fl. in a lax spike, purple; centre 

 of the lip whitish at the base, spotted and downy. Sep. and 

 pet. without green veins. Rarely a form may be found without 

 any spur. Woods and pastures. P. V. Early purple Orchis. 



E. S. I. 



J J Lip pinnately Globed (that is, middle lobe bifid and of ten with 

 an intermediate tooth). 



3. O. purpurea (Huds.) ; basal lobes of cor. -Up linear-oblong, 

 interm. lobe loidening gradually upwards and 2-lobed with an 

 interm. tooth, its lobes denticulate at the tip and broad, spur 

 about \ as long as the germen, sep. converging into an ovate 

 hood including the pet., bracts minute. R. xiii. 378. O.fusca 

 Jacq. O. militaris Sm., E. B. 16. St. 1 2 ft. high. L. ovate- 

 oblong, blunt. Fl. in a rather dense spike ; helmet dark purple, 

 variegated ; lip paler with raised rough red points, its term, lobe 

 very broad. Chalky bushy hills in Kent. P. V. E. 



4. O. militaris (L.) ; basal lobes of cor. -Up linear, inferm. lobe 

 broader linear suddenly widened and 2-lobed with an interm. 

 tooth at its lobes mostly entire at the tip and broad, spur about % 



