400 83. ORCHIDACEJE. 



more or less streaked with purple. Lateral veins of bracts in- 

 conspicuous. Lip usually flat, deeply 3-lobed, lateral lobes 

 rounded, middle lobe longer and narrower. [3. o. ericetorum 

 (Liuton) ; slender, 1. all acuminate narrower carinate, spike shorter, 

 bracts purplish, middle of lower lip short. See J. ofS. xxxviii. (1900) 

 p. 362. A hybrid between Sp. 7 and 8 is recorded. Towns. Fl. Hants, 

 p. 341.] Damp woods and pastures. P. V. VI. Spotted Hand- 

 Orchis. E. S. I. 



8. O. latifolia (L.) ; lip obscurely 3-lobed its sides ultimately 

 refle.red, crenate, spur subulate shorter than the germen, two 

 lateral sep. patent, middle sep. and pet. converging, st. hollow, I. 

 lanceolate acute. E. B. S. 2973. R. xiii. 402. About a foot 

 high. L. often only faintly spotted, spreading, lowest oblong 

 and blunt, from a narrow base but broadest about their middle. 

 Spots on 1. ring-shaped. Lower bracts exceeding the flowers. 

 Lip usually only slightly lobed. Marshes and damp meadows. 

 P. V. VII. Marsh-Orchis. E. S. I. 



9. O. incarndta (L.) ; lip obscurely 3-lobed its sides reflexed 

 crenate, spur subulate shorter than the germen, two lateral sep. 

 patent, middle sep. and pet. converging, st. hollow, /. narrowed 

 from a broad base hooded at the end. R. xiii. 397. 0. latifolia 

 E. B. 2308. Curt. ii. 184. L. erect and approaching the stem, 

 not spotted. Bracts all usually exceeding the flowers. 

 j8. O. angustifolia (R.) ; 1. erect-patent linear-lanceolate, upper 

 1. erect, lower bracts equalling the flowers upper ones shorter. 

 R. xiii. 394. O. Traunsteineri Koch. Marshes. P. VI. VII. 



E. S. I. 



** Glands of the pollen-masses united, root-knobs undivided. 



t Spur filiform. ANACAMPTIS Rich. 



10. 0. pyramiddlis (L.) ; lip with 3 equal lobes and 2 tuber- 

 cles at the base above, lobes oblong truncate, middle lobe some- 

 times emarginate, spur filiform longer than the germen, lateral 

 sep. ovate-lanceolate acute spreading, bracts 3-veined. E. B. 

 110. St. 12 18 in. high. L. linear-lanceolate, acute. Spike 

 pyramidal, afterwards cylindrical. Fl. rose-purple, sometimes 

 white. Calcareous pastures, rarely on sandhills. P. VII. 

 Pyramidal Orchis. E. S. I. 



ft Spur conical. HIMANTOGLOSSILM Spr. 



11. O. hircina (Crantz) ; lip 3-parted spiral in the bud, lobes 

 linear, middle one very long twisted, lateral much shorter wavy, 



